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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3133210, member: 75937&quot;]I think--but am not sure--this sestertius of Julia Mamaea is a reverse die-match to a coin sold by Roma, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2775957" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2775957" rel="nofollow">E-sale 22, lot 711</a>, November 28, 2015. Somewhere along the way, both dies seem to have been recut; the Roma example appears to have been cut as many as three times. What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins struck from re-worked dies, Julia Mamaea sestertii, Venus Felix types -- whatever you feel is relevant.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]799565[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.21 g, 30 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, 4th emission, AD 224.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: VENERI FELICI, Venus standing right, holding Cupid and scepter; S-C across fields.</p><p>Refs: RIC 694; BMCRE 190-194; C 62; RCV 8232; Banti 16.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the coin from Roma:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]799569[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, side-by-side, rotated to nearly the same orientation:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]799581[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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