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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24826519, member: 26430&quot;]Yes, indeed! I&#039;m recording your specimen in my notes, too! Mine is a bit more worn, so yours illustrates even better one of the really remarkable and puzzling things about this particular die-clash:</p><p><br /></p><p>On the right side of the reverse legend, only one character appears normally in relief (&quot;raised up&quot;), rather than incuse. Why does only the &quot;O&quot; appear normally, while all the other characters are incuse? (We would expect to see an incuse ring.) <i>How can that be?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589675[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>An amazing coincidence:</i> The obverse &quot;O&quot; in ANTONINVS (just behind/above the&nbsp; laurel wreath ties) lined up <i>perfectly</i> with the&nbsp; obverse &quot;O&quot; in COS III!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Consequently, when the dies clashed together, instead of the reverse &quot;O&quot; being obliterated like the rest of COS III, it was actually preserved intact. (Possibly even enhanced!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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