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Newp from the darkside...the ancient error darkside

astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
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For those interested in something different...

I just picked up a new addition to my growing collection of ancient brockages.

This piece is a silver tetrobol or drachm was struck in Gaul circa 200-150 BCE. It weighs 2.7 g and has a nominal diameter of 16 mm. The obverse is a bust of Artemis facing right and the reverse in an incuse of the obverse (i.e. obverse brockage).

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Lane

Edited to add...This is an error coin, not a regular strike
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  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,313 ✭✭✭✭
    image

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  • SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    So, is that an error, or is it supposed to be that way?
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat-O... and handsomer then Margaret Taylor!image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭


    << <i>So, is that an error, or is it supposed to be that way? >>


    It's an error. These aren't common, but they are available.


    Nice Brockage Lane image
  • StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭
    Whenever I get a brockage, I just add a bit of fibre to my diet.




    Oh, neat coin!
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Neat-O... and handsomer then Margaret Taylor!image >>



    You say the craziest things! image

    Lane
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    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Whenever I get a brockage, I just add a bit of fibre to my diet.




    Oh, neat coin! >>



    image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Wow!!image
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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭✭✭
    thats pretty image
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,848 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Perhaps one of the slaves got bored and decided create something unusual ... image
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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,070 ✭✭✭✭✭
    interesting that the reverse has a bit more detail on the front neckline of the gown and the staff(?) on the reverses left and obverses right
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