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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2761686, member: 19463&quot;]I have very strong opinions on the matter and have a page on the subject.&nbsp; There has been a lot of discussion on the possibilities of these being restruck brockages but my page shows what I consider good proof that they are what we call clashed dies.&nbsp; If the two dies were hammered together without a flan between them, the softer reverse die was damaged so all coins struck after that showed this anomaly.</p><p>I encourage those interested to read my page.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The short form proof is that it would be extremely unlikely to find two restruck brockages centered exactly alike but coins struck from clash damaged dies will all show the same placement of details.&nbsp; The image below shows two Julia Domna denarii with matching reverse incuse damage.&nbsp; Most clear s the DO and outline of the portrait. </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/jdclash.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose it is possible to claim any clash that is known from only one specimen might possibly be a restruck brockage but the only coin I have seen which I believe is a restruck brockage is this Magnentius which is a flipover double strike where the first strike was a brockage.&nbsp; You have to make several errors in a row to mess up a coin this badly.&nbsp; This coin was sent to me by a friend who knew it was the sort of thing that I would adore.&nbsp; Thanks again.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f95.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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