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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientnut, post: 2111765, member: 73212&quot;]It seems to be relatively common that dies for ancient coins were re-engraved to strengthen details which were wearing off the die, but I don&#039;t know how often additional elements were engraved into existing dies. Here is an example I discovered recently:</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Messana tetradrachm, c 412-408 BC, which is ex Lockett collection, and is now in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s95.photobucket.com/user/ancientnut/media/18Messana_zps9d92664c.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s95.photobucket.com/user/ancientnut/media/18Messana_zps9d92664c.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l155/ancientnut/18Messana_zps9d92664c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a coin from the same dies which appeared in NAC Auction 48, October 21, 2008, Lot 34:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s95.photobucket.com/user/ancientnut/media/Messana_zpsqi9z6fik.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s95.photobucket.com/user/ancientnut/media/Messana_zpsqi9z6fik.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l155/ancientnut/Messana_zpsqi9z6fik.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Note the added grain ear which has been engraved into the reverse exergue of the NAC specimen! I wonder if there was some event or significance to this addition, or if the engraver merely added it for decoration to fill an empty space....? Or perhaps the grain ear was removed before my coin was struck...??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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