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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2252730, member: 42773&quot;]Here&#039;s a very subtle striking error on a bronze of Antiochus IX. This is a flip-over partial brockage double strike, and takes a bit of explaining.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice the incused dots on the reverse. This type only has a dotted border on the obverse, so a coin was struck, then flipped over and didn&#039;t completely eject. A flan was placed over it and struck once, picking up the incused version of the obverse border dots. Then the minter got the obstructing coin out of the way, and restruck.</p><p><br /></p><p>How do we know that? If he had struck the coin only once, Nike&#039;s arm wouldn&#039;t be extending into the brockage area - it would have been completely blocked by the obstructing coin. Also, the obverse would exhibit areas of weakness from the deflected force, but it&#039;s quite strongly struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445896[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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