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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2327353, member: 19463&quot;]Perhaps it was the Dodo bird at Juno&#039;s feet??? Perhaps it was the young portrait from the first part of the reign?&nbsp; Perhaps it was the clean and clear reverse of Juno?&nbsp; All of those may have had a part in the decision along with the reasonable price by my standards but the feature I want to learn more about is something else.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471326[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you see the impressed area in front of the face of Mamaea? It looks like an arm and shoulder of a reverse figure resulting from clashed dies.&nbsp; Clashed dies (when dies were hammered together without a blank flan in place) are usually seen on reverses.&nbsp; This is on the obverse and there is no sign of damage on this reverse.&nbsp; The details of the side of the clash area do not really match up with this reverse either so my conclusion is that the clash involved a different reverse die.&nbsp; I see two possibilities.&nbsp; One is that the clash hit was so violent that it destroyed the reverse die so it was replaced with this different reverse and striking resumed.&nbsp; This is consistent with there being that much damage on an obverse from a clash.&nbsp; The other possibility I see is that the striking team was alternating reverse dies allowing the smaller upper die to cool a bit between uses.&nbsp; This theory has been promoted lately by Curtis Clay due to examples of coins that show overstriking on the reverse with different dies but no doubling of the obverse.&nbsp; If this is the case, it might be possible to find a coin of this obverse die with a reverse clash and figure that does match this obverse incuse.&nbsp; That would require a lot of luck.&nbsp; I would also love to see a coin of this obverse die struck before the damage occurred.&nbsp; That would require even more luck.&nbsp; As long as I am asking for miracles I&#039;ll specify that I want that coin to have the reverse figure that matches up with the incuse on this obverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll ask anyone who have read this far to look at your Mamaea denarii and see if you can help my dreams come true.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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