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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 6441781, member: 82616&quot;]... or some such fate may have met the poor engraver who made this die error under Domitian.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255388[/ATTACH]</p><p><b> Domitian - Engraver&#039;s Error </b></p><p>Æ As, 12.69g</p><p>Rome mint, 81 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES DIVI <b>VEP</b> (sic) F DOMITIAN AVG P M; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: TR P COS VII DES VIII P P; S C in field; Minerva adv. r., with spear and shield</p><p>RIC 88 (C). BMC 269. BNC 280.</p><p>Acquired from Marc R. Breitsprecher, January 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>It wasn&#039;t often that the very professionally run Rome mint made mistakes during the Flavian era, especially so during Domitian&#039;s tight reign. Here we have a rare example of a blundered obverse legend on an early bronze As of Domitian struck in late 81: DIVI VEP instead of DIVI VESP. It&#039;s a common enough type, but perhaps unique featuring this engraver&#039;s error. I wonder how many were struck before the mistake was noticed?</p><p><br /></p><p>The engraver almost redeemed himself with the fine style portrait. Let&#039;s hope that was enough to avoid any severe punishment that would&#039;ve normally been meted out!</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your errors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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