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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7330616, member: 19463&quot;]I can&#039;t explain why but I have never been attracted tp the IMP dated coins as much as the other Easterns.&nbsp; I have no Spes and only one remotely appropriate to post here.&nbsp; It appealed to&nbsp; me as a good example of the last I being past the point of the bust and the way each letter of PERT is slightly taller than the one before it.&nbsp; For that matter all the legends seem a bit in need of a layout line to bring them into even position. This came from a Jonathan Kern pickout bag in 1997. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280497[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Errors are another matter.&nbsp; The operation was rather careful compared to Rome where striking errors are common.&nbsp; I have very few from Syrian mints. My favorite is the Domna with a little doubling (DOMNIA / missing E in EVENTVS?) on a squished flan but the real appeal of the coin is the IICOS.&nbsp; Stanichev 2005[ATTACH=full]1280499[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This VICTOR SEVER has doubling.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280506[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...as does this FELICITAS TEMPOR.. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280504[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course there is the standard brockage.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280507[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An advantage on being an amateur like me is that I can dream while scholars have to be more &#039;conservative&#039;.&nbsp; I ask the question, &quot;What happened to the coin that stuck in the die and made the imprint on the reverse of a brockage?&quot;&nbsp; In my dreams, I see a &#039;Brockage Mother&#039; as being a bit more sharp on the reverse, a bit more spread out flat and a bit more mushy on the obverse.&nbsp; Like this?&nbsp; This is nothing to be proven but I sure would love to see a brockage of this obverse die. That would only be slightly less likely than winning the Lottery with a ticket found in a parking lot. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280505[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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