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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2252508, member: 51347&quot;]Wow, some dope at the mint in Rome REALLY blew it!</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Where was the Quality Control?</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Where was the pride in their work?</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; What the heck; how could a Mint Official let this GO???</p><p>There were supposed to be THREE Moneyers RESPONSIBLE for the proper mintage of the Res Publica argentum!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean that this is a radical departure from conventional denarii with a januform dioscuri on the obverse instead the normal head of Roma...&nbsp; However, this denarius was SUPPOSED to commemorate the Roman victories over the Allobroges and Arverni in Gaul 121 BCE by Cn Domitius Ahenobarbus and Q. Fabius Maximus (Allobrogicus)</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucky them and LUCKY me, I was able to pull this FAULTY DOUBLE-STRUCK coin out of circulation so none of the Moneyers would be shamed!</p><p><br /></p><p>See what I got?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]445866[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]445867[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>AR Denarius - DOUBLE STRIKE</p><p>M Furius L F Philus&nbsp; 119 BCE</p><p>19.5mm, 3.9g</p><p>OBV: M FOVRI L F, laurael head of Janus</p><p>REV: Roma standing l, crowning trophy with carnyx and shield on each side, star above Roma, ROMA to r, PHILI (PHI) in monogram in ex.</p><p>Crawford 281/1; Sear 156... But, NO!&nbsp; They don&#039;t list THIS double-strike aberration!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Quality Control Engineers spent a lot of time reviewing the mistake and did some detailed comparisons to prove out this anomaly...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]445863[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what should be more of the standard:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]445864[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]445865[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>AR Denarius - hmmm...more normal...</p><p>M Furius L F Philus&nbsp; 119 BCE</p><p>17.2mm, 3.4g</p><p>OBV: M FOVRI L F, laurael head of Janus</p><p>REV: Roma standing l, crowning trophy with carnyx and shield on each side, star above Roma, ROMA to r, PHILI (PHI) in monogram in ex.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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