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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3315699, member: 75937&quot;]I like these dual-portrait coins from Marcianopolis and this is a new purchase. I have been able to find only two other examples of this coin online, both from CNG, and I&#039;m 100% positive my coin is a double die match to both of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878613[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian III, with Tranquillina, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ Pentassrion, 12.74 g, 27 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis.Tertullianus, <i>legatus consularis</i>. Struck AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CЄ | ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ | ΛЄΙΝΑ, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left.</p><p>Rev: VΠ ΤΕΡΤVΛΛΙΑΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ- (ΩΝ in r. field), Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; E in l. field.</p><p>Refs: AMNG-I 1186; Moushmov 830; Mionnet <i>suppl 2</i>, p. 113, 343; H&amp;J, <i>Marcianopolis</i>, 6.38.36.2; Varbanov 2046.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274205" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274205" rel="nofollow">example 1</a>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878615[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>CNG <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=308800#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=308800#" rel="nofollow">example 2</a>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878616[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I also think it&#039;s a reverse die match to the coin described in AMNG I, based on the description of the legend break:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]878617[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, here&#039;s the issue. You can clearly see on my coin and on the first example from CNG a compass dot between the emperor&#039;s and empress&#039;s CHINS. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]878635[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This resulted from the point of a compass leaving an indentation in the geometric center of the obverse die during the process of laying out the circular border (dots) of the coin. Because it&#039;s an indentation in the DIE, it leaves a bump on the coin after striking. It is not to be confused with the dimple left on the flan in the course of lathe turning during planchet preparation. Unlike the dimple, which is a feature of the flan, the compass dot is IMMOBILE, being a feature of the die. </p><p><br /></p><p>But on the second example from CNG, the dimple occupies the space where the dot would be. No problem -- that&#039;s just the way the dimpled planchet happened to be struck. But what&#039;s that raised dot doing between the emperor&#039;s and empress&#039;s NOSES? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]878640[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m quite sure these two coins are obverse die-matches. I&#039;ll show them again:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]878613[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878616[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So, what&#039;s going on here? [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] , do you have any idea?</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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