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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2572858, member: 19463"]Since this has turned into a mega-thread, lets go for educational. I have seen several antoniniani of this period that were overstruck on earlier coins. I do not consider this a value adding situation unless you can ID the original type. The one below is overstruck on a Geta denarius.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tdos.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tdoscol.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/getacol.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Eduard's nice semis is better looking than most. On the other end of the AE size scale is my uglier than average double sestertius. These vary a lot in size, workmanship, condition and price. 32.5g is smallish</p><p>[ATTACH=full]556745[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2572858, member: 19463"]Since this has turned into a mega-thread, lets go for educational. I have seen several antoniniani of this period that were overstruck on earlier coins. I do not consider this a value adding situation unless you can ID the original type. The one below is overstruck on a Geta denarius. [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tdos.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tdoscol.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/getacol.jpg[/IMG] Eduard's nice semis is better looking than most. On the other end of the AE size scale is my uglier than average double sestertius. These vary a lot in size, workmanship, condition and price. 32.5g is smallish [ATTACH=full]556745[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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