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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 8055239, member: 21445&quot;]If there is one coin I never really cared to own it was a Tiberius &quot;Tribute Penny&quot;. I always found them to be pretty boring &amp; of course, overpriced.</p><p><br /></p><p>But back in September one caught my eye &amp; decided to check it out more, and saw the obverse &amp; reverse had both striking errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I placed a bid and ended up winning it for a reasonable price, I assume because most ancient collectors despise these kinds of errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mainly wanted it because it had this unique error &amp; I guess I still have that old U.S. collector mentality that errors can be special, even if most ancient collectors dislike them &amp; find them flawed</p><p><br /></p><p>So now I join the &quot;Tribute Penny Club&quot;, but only because of its unique quirk.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>According to [USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER], it&#039;s a double strike with major rotation of the flan between the strikes, especially rare that it happened to a Julio-Claudian denarius.</b></u></p><p><br /></p><p>This is also my first &quot;error&quot; ancient.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully, you find it as interesting as I do.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your ancient &quot;errors&quot; that may be similar or Tiberius coinage.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395511[/ATTACH]</p><p>Tiberius (14 37 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, Laureate head right,</p><p>R: PONTIF MAXIM, Female figure seated right, holding sceptre and branch.</p><p>Lugdunum Mint</p><p>3.75g</p><p>19mm</p><p>RIC 26; BMC 34; RSC 16[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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