Roman Republic: Anonymous Denarius 86 Bc, Struck Over Mystery Coin!

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Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 03/07/2018 12:33 pm This was one of the better coins from the Republican lot from Naumann Vergilius, Gargilius and Ogulnius AR Denarius. 86 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below No legend or control letters, Jupiter in quadriga right, holding reins and hurling thunderbolt. Crawford 350A/2 Now here's the kicker... what's it struck on? The wavy hair and eye are clear on the reverse, and I see at least three horse hooves poking out behind the obverse, plus an exergual line that erases half of the thunderbolt. I thought it was simply double struck at first, but the undertype portrait faces left. After searching, I can't find a good match for a left-face until sometime after 86 BC. Any ideas? Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/07/2018 1:40 pm Very interesting error coin, Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 03/07/2018 2:46 pm Possibly head of Saturn Like this: http://www.calgarycoin.com/referenc...errate02.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/07/2018 4:02 pm I think a quadriga struck over a quadriga. I will speculate that it is off the same dies and the moneyers were unhappy with the first strike, and over struck it a second time. speculatively, a deliberately double struck coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 03/08/2018 12:28 am Looking at the coin again, the "undertype" head on the reverse does line up perfectly with the obverse portrait, but the remnants of the quadriga do not... I'm wondering now if this was some sort of really weird die clash? Report this Post to the Staff
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