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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7804713, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s very interesting, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]! I enjoy these coins that demonstrate the technical aspects of mint production, too. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a coin double struck with two different reverse dies to show -- Doug&#039;s might be the only such example among us -- but here&#039;s my most dramatic double-strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was double struck on the reverse, turning &quot;PVDICITIA AVG&quot; into &quot;DICITIA AVG,&quot; squishing Pudicitia in the midriff, and giving her a low-rider throne! It features her later hairstyle.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/etruscilla-pvdicitia-avg-s-c-sestertius-later-coiffure-jpg.1339615/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-251.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 15.15 g, 28.3 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 251.</p><p>Obv: HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, draped bust, right; later coiffure; wearing stephane.</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA AVG S C, Pudicitia seated left, drawing veil and holding transverse scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 136b; Cohen 22; RCR 9505; Hunter 16.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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