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<p>[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 2761507, member: 4298"]From my last week buying spree, a little one [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] will hopefully put an eye on</p><p><br /></p><p>It's somewhat a very modest URBS ROMA.</p><p>At first, the main reasons for me to purchase it are the Lyon mint because it's only 40 miles away from where I stay, and it will nicely fit in my she-wolf subset.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]634744[/ATTACH]</p><p><b> Urbs Roma, AE 3 </b> Lyon mint, 1st officina, ca. AD 332</p><p>VRBS ROMA, Helmeted Roma left</p><p>Anepigraph, She wolf suckling twins Remus and Romulus, two stars in field, Crescent dot PLG at exergue</p><p>2.86 gr</p><p>Ref : Bastien # 221, RIC # 257</p><p><br /></p><p>On closer examination (and with a magnifier because of poor sight) one can see the reverse being overstruck on an incuse obverse of the same coin, the remains of ROMA backwards and the rear of Roma's helmet being visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]634745[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine (and may very well be wrong) the coin being struck a first time with the last but one coin still stuck on the reverse (mobile) die, thus with an incuse obverse in place of the reverse, then properly struck again after the former coin has been removed from the reverse die. That supposes the coin hasn't moved between the two strikes because I don't see any evidence of die shift on the obverse.</p><p>Any other interpretation ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your input</p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 2761507, member: 4298"]From my last week buying spree, a little one [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] will hopefully put an eye on It's somewhat a very modest URBS ROMA. At first, the main reasons for me to purchase it are the Lyon mint because it's only 40 miles away from where I stay, and it will nicely fit in my she-wolf subset. [ATTACH=full]634744[/ATTACH] [B] Urbs Roma, AE 3 [/B] Lyon mint, 1st officina, ca. AD 332 VRBS ROMA, Helmeted Roma left Anepigraph, She wolf suckling twins Remus and Romulus, two stars in field, Crescent dot PLG at exergue 2.86 gr Ref : Bastien # 221, RIC # 257 On closer examination (and with a magnifier because of poor sight) one can see the reverse being overstruck on an incuse obverse of the same coin, the remains of ROMA backwards and the rear of Roma's helmet being visible. [ATTACH=full]634745[/ATTACH] I imagine (and may very well be wrong) the coin being struck a first time with the last but one coin still stuck on the reverse (mobile) die, thus with an incuse obverse in place of the reverse, then properly struck again after the former coin has been removed from the reverse die. That supposes the coin hasn't moved between the two strikes because I don't see any evidence of die shift on the obverse. Any other interpretation ? Thanks for your input Q[/QUOTE]
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