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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4002138, member: 19463&quot;]My coins are ordinary in type and spelling but appealed to me for reasons that made them the right coins for me.&nbsp; The Juno denarius is an unusual die clash where damage shows on the obverse but not on the reverse.&nbsp; Usually clash damage is seen on the reverse.&nbsp; One explanation is that the clash was more strongly hammered than most and the reverse die was destroyed.&nbsp; This coin was struck with a replacement reverse not part of the clashed pair.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053675[/ATTACH] </p><p>For many years my lack of interest in the later Severans made this sestertius my first, non-fourree Mamaea enough to satisfy.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053676[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Before that I did have this fourree which has thicker silver than most plated coins this late.&nbsp; As the silver content of denarii declined, the desired profit for making fourrees caused most to use thinner silver skins.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053677[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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