Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2566626, member: 75525&quot;]Ancient coins often are less than perfect. Doubling can be seen on all but the cast Roman coins. This one is a bit less common, it is a flip over double strike.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]554507[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]554508[/ATTACH]</p><p>If you have a good imagination, print pictures of both sides, cut out the obverse and rotate it on the reverse, you will see the helmet feathers line up on the reverse.</p><p>I was hoping the coin was an overstrike of an earlier issue. The first clue I saw was the second dot border on the revrse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]554509[/ATTACH]</p><p>The vendor&#039;s pic is closer to the true color.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republican silver denarius</p><p>Mint, Rome; 121 BC</p><p>Obverse – helmeted head of Roma, right, wearing winged &amp; peaked helmet with visor in three pieces, cross shaped ear ring and pearled necklace: behind, mark of value – X; border of dots.</p><p>Reverse – Dioscuri on horseback charging right; below C.PLVTI; on tablet at bottom: ROMA</p><p>Cr 278/1</p><p>BMCRR 454, this reference lists a mint outside of Rome[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in