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Romulus (309Ad) Stutter Smack

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 Posted 07/28/2018  5:11 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add pendrak to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi guys-

A quick fun post here-

LOL. While trying to attribute a keeper grainy patina coin of Romulus, the son of Maxentius, I think I just found a tired coin striker. Just my opinion here. This looks like not a hard-double strike, but a strike, and then a soft second strike. Let me know what you see. Look at his nose and go back a bit- rim at about 11 o'clock on obverse- and a bit of a bounce on the reverse. Also. I didn't clean this one so I don't know what it looked like coming out of the ground. Maybe all just weathering-

24mm and 5.4 grams. I see on the reverse MOSTP in ex. No Columns. Cant determine the doors. Let me know what you think- Later-

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 Posted 07/28/2018  8:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like the coin moved on the die on a second strike. No real quality control back than. Makes the coin more interesting. It's a keeper.
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Maybe this one?....Difficult but looks as if it has the same V shape at the top of the doorway?and the two figures inside?......Paul
Divus Romulus AE Quarter-Follis. DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS Head bare right / AETERNAE MEMORIAE, domed shrine with one door open, eagle standing right on roof. Mintmark MOSTP. RIC VI Ostia 59; Sear 15051.

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Very cool coin, and a scarcer persona too!

Looking at the coin, I almost wonder if it was over struck? The shape of the mouth and around the eye seems slightly different... perhaps it could be over struck from a Maxentius temple type follis?
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