Question about Maximinus Follis

@maridvnvm: OK, sure. And on the Aurelian the obverse didn't move at all between the two strikes, whereas on the Sept Sev it did a bit (I see some evidence of doubling). Normally there would be a little movement, no?

 

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I'm confused. The only Septimius Severus on this thread is a flipover doublestrike with all the doubling you can get. Below is another 'Confused' Septimius (Fortuna reverse) flipover which I am sufficiently unsure of my beliefs that I'm not posting them. You can say what you think happened to make this coin the way it is but I won't be able to say right or wrong since I really don't know. I find this coin especially interesting because the part of the obverse legend that is weak/missing (VIII) is the part that is strong on the reverse.
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII / PM TRP V COS II PP


It has been a while since I last posted my favorite error coin of the flipover family. This Magnentius was first struck with the preceeding coin stick in the obverse die making it a reverse brockage with one reverse the incuse of the other. Then it was flipped over and put back in the die and restruck normally putting an obverse over the first normal reverse and a normal reverse over the incuse reverse strike. I apologize to those who have seen this more times than they can tolerate but it is definitely among my top ten all time favorite coins (errors and normal).

 

Well, I am most probably confused as well, but that is always true! I meant the cornucopia/Victory that maridvnvm posted here, #20 above.

I am most certainly confused by the new hot mess that you just posted!

 

The struck flan is sitting in the obverse die, which is attached to the anvil. There ys a small amount of movement on the obverse. There is some minor shadowing in fron of the nose and mouth. The reverse is more clear with two different Sol heads visible, the seated captive etc.

This does tell us that the manufacture process involved a single obverse die and two alternating reverse dies. Perhaps to allow heat to be lost from the reverse die to prevent damage due to heat built up in the striking process.