Ancient Coin Mint Error: Overstrike

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greekandromancoins Valued Member Australia 205 Posts	Posted 05/19/2006 10:41 am For the error fans of this forum: --Peter Report this Post to the Staff

scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 05/19/2006 2:15 pm i appreciate the qulaity picture but can you tell us about the error, Thank you ancients are always nice Report this Post to the Staff
greekandromancoins Valued Member Australia 205 Posts	Posted 05/19/2006 11:01 pm Hi, Basically the coin was struck twice. If you look on the left, you can see the inscription curving outwards towards the left. That inscription belongs on the right. This is a 4th century coin of Theodosius I. I found this coin in an uncleaned lot. Regards, Peter Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 05/20/2006 04:06 am being a hammered coin I believe (maybe screw press) when they struck there die it skipped and they hit it again I asume, does that sound right, I just wanted you to post the info for people my self included that dont know much about ancients so thank you for the info Report this Post to the Staff
greekandromancoins Valued Member Australia 205 Posts	Posted 05/21/2006 06:11 am quote: Originally posted by scoutjim99 being a hammered coin I believe (maybe screw press) when they struck there die it skipped and they hit it again I asume, does that sound right, I just wanted you to post the info for people my self included that dont know much about ancients so thank you for the info That's correct. Apparently they were minting these things so quickly that mistakes like this aren't uncommon... --Peter Report this Post to the Staff
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