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<p>[QUOTE="scarborough, post: 4535209, member: 93146"]Can anyone suggest what caused the broken raised line on Apollo’s nose? Is it a cracked die? An inexpert engraver?</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin itself is a common Roman republican denarius</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://file:///D:/Data/Numismatics/coin109 20 05 28 horiz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]1122933[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. </b>90 BC. AR denarius (18mm, 3.81 g,).</p><p><b>obv</b> PANSA to left, laureate head of Apollo right; simpulum below chin</p><p><b>rev</b> C.VIBIVS.C.F in exergue, Minerva in quadriga r, holding trophy in r hand and spear and reins in l</p><p>Cr 342/5b, Syd 684, BMCRR 2270</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately obverse dies in the series have control marks; in this case a simpulum under the chin. I was able to find two other photos of this obverse die, both from the Bibiotheque nationale de France collection</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://file:///C:/Users/DSOKNA~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> [ATTACH=full]1122935[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(images thanks to Coins of the Roman Republic Online: <a href="http://www.numismatics.org/coro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismatics.org/coro" rel="nofollow">www.numismatics.org/coro</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Both of these coins show the same flaw on Apollo’s forehead and nose, so it must be part of the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>But was the flaw caused by a crack? Or by a careless engraver?</p><p><br /></p><p>My reasoning for the latter is due to the position of the flaw, being along the outline of Apollo’s profile. As well, this series was struck during the emergency of the Social War when a vast amount of coinage was necessary for armies. According to Crawford, there were 988 obverse and 1 097 reverse dies. So perhaps in the rush to cut another die the engraver cut too deeply on Apollo’s profile before realizing his mistake …</p><p><br /></p><p>I’d be interested in hearing your views.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you</p><p><br /></p><p>D[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scarborough, post: 4535209, member: 93146"]Can anyone suggest what caused the broken raised line on Apollo’s nose? Is it a cracked die? An inexpert engraver? The coin itself is a common Roman republican denarius [IMG]http://file:///D:/Data/Numismatics/coin109 20 05 28 horiz.jpg[/IMG][ATTACH=full]1122933[/ATTACH] [B]C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. [/B]90 BC. AR denarius (18mm, 3.81 g,). [B]obv[/B] PANSA to left, laureate head of Apollo right; simpulum below chin [B]rev[/B] C.VIBIVS.C.F in exergue, Minerva in quadriga r, holding trophy in r hand and spear and reins in l Cr 342/5b, Syd 684, BMCRR 2270 Fortunately obverse dies in the series have control marks; in this case a simpulum under the chin. I was able to find two other photos of this obverse die, both from the Bibiotheque nationale de France collection [IMG]http://file:///C:/Users/DSOKNA~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.jpg[/IMG] [ATTACH=full]1122935[/ATTACH] (images thanks to Coins of the Roman Republic Online: [URL='http://www.numismatics.org/coro']www.numismatics.org/coro[/URL]) Both of these coins show the same flaw on Apollo’s forehead and nose, so it must be part of the die. But was the flaw caused by a crack? Or by a careless engraver? My reasoning for the latter is due to the position of the flaw, being along the outline of Apollo’s profile. As well, this series was struck during the emergency of the Social War when a vast amount of coinage was necessary for armies. According to Crawford, there were 988 obverse and 1 097 reverse dies. So perhaps in the rush to cut another die the engraver cut too deeply on Apollo’s profile before realizing his mistake … I’d be interested in hearing your views. Thank you D[/QUOTE]
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