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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-monolith-, post: 25403774, member: 150064&quot;]Do mint errors count? If so this is the rarest of the rare, the only one known (well actually it&#039;s 2 coins), and a truly unique error:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1627138[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Characteristics:&nbsp; </b>Unique rarity; an exceptionally rare blank mint error as both flans are a precise match when stacked with portraits facing outwards. The two individual flans were stuck together when they were trimmed, heated, and struck. Thus creating a single, perfectly aligned coin when stacked. When the coins are separated they each have a blank, unstruck, side. What&#039;s truly amazing is that these two coins survived together, intact, for over 1800 years. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin 1:</b></p><p><b>Province, City - Reign:&nbsp; </b>Syria, Cyrrhestica. Beroea - Macrinus</p><p><b>Denomination:&nbsp; </b>AR Tetradrachm</p><p><b>Mint:&nbsp; </b>Cyrrhestica. Beroea (217–218 AD)</p><p><b>Obverse: AYT K MA OΠCE MAKPINOC CE, </b>Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Blank (unstruck mint error)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin 2:</b></p><p><b>Province, City - Reign:&nbsp; </b>Syria, Cyrrhestica. Beroea - Macrinus</p><p><b>Denomination:&nbsp; </b>AR Tetradrachm</p><p><b>Mint:&nbsp; </b>Cyrrhestica. Beroea (217–218 AD)</p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Blank (unstruck mint error)</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: <b>ΔHMΛPX EΞ YΠATOCΔ, </b>Eagle standing facing, wings spread, head and tail left, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left; between legs, winged animal facing</p><p><b>Exergue: B-E</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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