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Offline manpace

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GLORIA EXERCITVS with, uh, half the man he used to be
« on: April 23, 2014, 12:17:54 pm »
Not mine, but I thought it was bizarre.  How on earth would this happen?
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Re: GLORIA EXERCITVS with, uh, half the man he used to be
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2014, 12:48:48 pm »
Probably a doublestrike on the left-hand 1/3 of the reverse. Note weakness of GLOR.
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Re: GLORIA EXERCITVS with, uh, half the man he used to be
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2014, 01:32:18 pm »
Quote from: curtislclay on April 23, 2014, 12:48:48 pm
Probably a doublestrike on the left-hand 1/3 of the reverse. Note weakness of GLOR.

Okay, yeah - I see two spears there.  I'm intrigued that the cut-off between strike areas would be so clear.
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Re: GLORIA EXERCITVS with, uh, half the man he used to be
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2014, 11:03:44 am »
Maybe it meant that part of Constantine's army was suffering serious manpower shortages.   ;D

It is a fascinating example.  Especially as you say with the "clean-cut" look to the missing face and upper body.  Meanwhile the obverse portrait is quite nice.

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Re: GLORIA EXERCITVS with, uh, half the man he used to be
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2014, 04:38:27 pm »
It most certainly is a double strike! The soldier not only lost face, but also a foot or a whole leg. Through 'GLOR' we see the vertical line of the first strike spear.


Nice!!


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