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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3131633, member: 88829"]Interesting. One coin, two different anvil dies. I too suspect as you have suggested that the break pattern on the secondary obverse strike, "P F AVG" is counterbalanced by VALENS. Given the complete absence of detail on the reverse secondary strike, I suspect the hammer die was merely a hammer without an image (possibly to burnish out the existing earlier image?). Unfortunately the coin (probably heated to some extent) was placed face down in a Valens anvil die but was not positioned properly for a restrike, and when the hammer came down all Hades broke loose.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a thought.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3131633, member: 88829"]Interesting. One coin, two different anvil dies. I too suspect as you have suggested that the break pattern on the secondary obverse strike, "P F AVG" is counterbalanced by VALENS. Given the complete absence of detail on the reverse secondary strike, I suspect the hammer die was merely a hammer without an image (possibly to burnish out the existing earlier image?). Unfortunately the coin (probably heated to some extent) was placed face down in a Valens anvil die but was not positioned properly for a restrike, and when the hammer came down all Hades broke loose. Just a thought.[/QUOTE]
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