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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4981113, member: 19463"]Gavin's photo illustrates the fact that brockages almost always show the obverse twice, once incuse, until about 260 AD when reverse brockages become more common (like Gavin's Sol from the Constantinian period. This is probably due to a new technology with hinged dies that started about that time making it easier to do reverse brockages. Earlier, coins were more likely to be seen if they stuck to the lower die.</p><p><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/Kushanshah/20180804_hinged_dies.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4981113, member: 19463"]Gavin's photo illustrates the fact that brockages almost always show the obverse twice, once incuse, until about 260 AD when reverse brockages become more common (like Gavin's Sol from the Constantinian period. This is probably due to a new technology with hinged dies that started about that time making it easier to do reverse brockages. Earlier, coins were more likely to be seen if they stuck to the lower die. [IMG]https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/Kushanshah/20180804_hinged_dies.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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