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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8056408, member: 19463&quot;]Many of us avoid the Tiberius &#039;Tribute Penny&#039; type because it is so very common but higher priced because of the added demand from Bible&nbsp; reading non-collectors.&nbsp; My favorite TP is a copy from a group found in India.&nbsp; The theory is that the people there were aware of the Tiberius coins containing good silver but denarii after Nero&#039;s debasement were not as good so they made their own using proper metal.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395896[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman coins from later periods when mints were under extreme pressure to keep up with demand often show errors.&nbsp; I had not seen a first century coin with that much of an error.&nbsp; Good catch. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite error is an AE2 of Magnentius that was, on first strike, a brockage error but &#039;corrected&#039; with a second strike resulting in one obverse and three reverse strikes of which one is incuse. This shows best with the VOT V MVLT&nbsp; X shield on the reverse die.&nbsp; Brockages are common as are doublestrikes.&nbsp; The combination is unusual.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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