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049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Laodicea ad Mare, RIC IV-I -, AR-Denarius, Brockage, Incuse, #1049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Laodicea ad Mare, RIC IV-I -, AR-Denarius, Brockage, Incuse, #1
avers: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG (IMP VIII), Laureate bust right.
reverse: Brockage, Incuse,
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 16,9-17,2mm, weight: 2,71g, axis: -h,
mint: Laodicea ad Mare, , date: ? A.D.,
ref: RIC IV-I -, p-, RSC -, BMC -, Sear -
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07 Galba RIC I 168 Clashed diesGalba. AR Denarius. Rome Mint July 68- Jan. 69 A.D. (3.29g, 19.6m, 11h). Obv: IMP SER GALBA AVG, laureate head right. Rev: [SPQR/OB]/CS in three lines in oak-wreath. Reverse clashed dies. RIC I 168 (R). RSC 287a.

With complete obverse legends and a high relief portrait, the obverse is worn and the coin is on an oblong flan. The reason I added this to my collection is the reverse. I initially thought the reverse was an obverse brockage, which had been restruck. A more experienced collector pointed out it was produced by clashed dies. An interesting oddity.
Lucas H

07. Constantine: brockage.AE 4, 337-348.
Obverse: DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG / Veiled bust of Constantine.
Reverse: (incuse impression of the obverse side.)
1.41 gm., 14 mm.

A brockage is a coin that has a reverse showing an incuse impression of the obverse side. A brockage is created when a newly minted coin sticks to the reverse die, causing the next coin to be struck to have an incuse impression of the obverse of the stuck coin instead of an impression of the reverse die.Callimachus

112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, RIC V-II ---, Modern, Fake, Rome, Bust-F, Brockage, 112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, RIC V-II ---, Modern, Fake, Rome, Bust-F, Brockage,
avers: IMP PROB VS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right. (F)
reverse: --
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21-21,5mm, weight: 3,85g, axes: 3h,
mint: Rome, date: - A.D., ref: ,
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22.43. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), CÁC III. 22.43.1.1., H-314, CNH I.-247, U-236, AR-Obulus, Revers Brockage, Rare! #0122.43. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), CÁC III. 22.43.1.1., H-314, CNH I.-247, U-236, AR-Obulus, Revers Brockage, Rare! #01
avers: Negative picture of the bird.
reverse: Bird winged, head turning right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 9,5 mm, weight: 0,20g, axis: -h,
mint: , date: 1235-1270 A.D., ref: Huszár-314, CNH I.-247, Unger-236,
CÁC III. 22.43.1.1.,
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B. Brockage: British (?) Imitative Constantinian AE Minimus (10mm, 0.43g)Roman Britain (Roman Imperial, “Barbarous” Contemporary Imitative). Constantinian (?) AE Minimus (10mm, 0.43g, 12h), obverse brockage, c. 330-340s (?).
Obv: Pearl-diademed, cuirassed bust right. Rev: Incuse image of obv.
Ref: Cf. Bishops Canning 392, Chapmanslade 699, Maidenhatch 69-71 for imitations of Trier & Lugdunum mint GLORIA EXERCITVS types.
Prov: Ex Martin Wettmark Collection (acq. eBay USA, April 2017; CNG EA 525 [19 Oct 2022], 1835).

Notes: Very small even for a British imitative, but not unheard of (judging from the 877 imitations in the Chapmanslade hoard, perhaps 1 or 2% this small). Roughly comparable in style & fabric to the Trier/Lugdunum imitations found in the 1993 Chapmanslade Hoard & 1989 Nether Compton (Dorset) Hoard (deposited 339 CE). Aside from some Byzantine era Trachy, this is by far the lightest brockage of bronze of a coin that I’ve found (certainly for the Roman Imperial period, including imitations).

On brockages, see Nurpetlian (NC 2018, 2019), "Brockage Coins" [https://www.jstor.org/stable/45176685] & "Numismatic Mutants" [https://www.jstor.org/stable/45288605].Curtis JJ

Brockage QuadransRIC 702
Obv: IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM
Heracles r.
Rev: Brockage, incusum

2.16g, 14mmklausklage

Brockage, Incuse, 049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Laodicea ad Mare, RIC IV-I -, AR-Denarius, #1Brockage, Incuse, 049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Laodicea ad Mare, RIC IV-I -, AR-Denarius, #1
avers: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG (IMP VIII), Laureate bust right.
reverse: Brockage, Incuse,
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 16,9-17,2mm, weight: 2,71g, axis: -h,
mint: Laodicea ad Mare, , date: ? A.D.,
ref: RIC IV-I -, p-, RSC -, BMC -, Sear -
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Brockage, Incuse, 106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), AE Antoninianus, #1Brockage, Incuse, 106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), AE Antoninianus, #1
avers: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Radiated and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: Brockage, Incuse,
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 20-21mm, weight: 2,12g, axis: h,
mint: , date: ,
ref:
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Brockage, Incuse, 142 Crispus (317-326 A.D.), Siscia (?), AE-Follis, #1Brockage, Incuse, 142 Crispus (317-326 A.D.), Siscia (?), AE-Follis, #1
avers: IVL CRISPVS NOB CAE S, Laureate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
revers: Probably VIRTVS EXERCIT,...
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 20mm, weight: 2,90g,
mint: probably Siscia, date: probably 320 A.D.,
ref: probably RIC VII Siscia 130,
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Brockage, Incuse, 146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), AE-Follis, #1Brockage, Incuse, 146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), AE-Follis, #1
avers: D N CONST ANS AVG, Laurate head right,
reverse: Brockage, Incuse,
exergue: -/-//--, diameter:15mm, weight: 0,99g, axis: h,
mint: , date: ,
ref: ,
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Brockage, Incuse, Late Roman AE-3-Follis, Brockage, Incuse, Revers brockage! #1Brockage, Incuse, Late Roman AE-3-Follis, Brockage, Incuse, Revers brockage! #1
avers: Brockage, Incuse,
reverse: GLOR IA EXERC ITVS, Two soldiers standing either side of two standards.
exergue: -/-//SMN?, diameter: 19,0 mm, weight: 2,11g, axis: h,
mint: Nicomedia, date: ,
ref: ,
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Brockage, Incuse, Late Roman AE-3-Follis, Brockage, Incuse, Revers!, probably Valens or Valentinianus I., #1Brockage, Incuse, Late Roman AE-3-Follis, Brockage, Incuse, Revers!, probably Valens or Valentinianus I., #1
avers: Brockage, Incuse,
reverse: GLORIA RO MANORVM, The Emperor, holding labarum, walking right, looking left, dragging a captive behind him.
exergue: V/*/Δ//TES, diameter: 17,0-18,0 mm, weight: 2,51g, axis: h,
mint: Thessalonica, date: , ref: ,
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Faustina II AE 21 Brockage, Unknown Provincial Mint Faustina II AE 21 c. 161 CE.
Obverse: FAVCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right
Reverse: Incuse of obverse.
21 mm., 6.5 G.
Very nice example of a brockage coin with a near complete incuse of reverse strike.
sold 3-2018NORMAN K

Legion VI17.45 mm 3.37 gr.
RSC I 33; Sear HCRI 356; Sydenham 1223
Reverse die match in Schaefer’s die study, 14/93

[Brockage, obverse incuse of reverse.]2 commentsKen W2

MANUEL I AE half Tetarteron S-1978 DOC 24 BrockageXC Rev Manuel , bearded stg. facing wearing crown and military attire , and holding cruciform sceptre and gl. cr. Thessalonica mint , 17mm

A really nice brockage, it has a nice fill on the brockage side giving it additional eye appeal. 1 commentsSimon

Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, X brockage, 26. Elagabal, BMC 54 (obv. only)Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 21, 5.29g, 21.0mm
obv. AVT KM AVRH - ANTWNEINOC
laureate head r.
rev. mirrored incus of obv.
ref. (for obv. only):
a) not in Hristova/Jekov (2013)
b) not in Pfeiffer II
c) Wildwinds (same die, cites BMC 54)
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!

A so-called brockage. This coin has 2 centration dimples: A first dimple caused by the smoothing process as deepening, another dimple caused by the stuck coin as elevation. Jochen

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, X brockage, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.34'.01 (plate coin)Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 16, 2.85g, 15.9mm
obv. AV K L C - CEVHROC
laureate head r.
rev. mirrored incus of obv.
ref. Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.34'.1 (plate coin)
extremely rare (R9), VF
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!

A so-called brockage.Jochen

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, X brockage, 23. Macrinus, HrHJ (2018) 8.23.34'.01 (plate coin) Macrinus, AD 217-218
AE 26, 10.38g, 25.89mm
struck under Marcus Claudius Agrippa
obv. [AV K] OPPEL CE - [VH MAKREINOC]
laureate head r.
rev. reverse incus of obv.
ref. e.g. Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.23.34'.1 (this coin)
extremely rare (R9)
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!Jochen

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, X brockage, 26. Elagabal, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.34'.01 (plate coin)Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 26, 12.83g, 26.45mm
struck under governor Novius Rufus
obv. AV - T K M AVR - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, radiate, r.
rev. revers incus of obverse
ref. Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.26.34'.1 (plate coin)
extremely rare (R9), F+
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!

This obv. is from the same die as No. 8.26.38.4 (Tyche). I couldn't find any other!
Jochen

Ptolemy XII Silver tetradrachm, VF, partial brockage
Alexandria mint
13.384g, 25.1mm, 0o, 62 - 61 B.C.
Obverse: diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis
Reverse: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, date LK left ( year 20, L appears as I) and PA right.

Svoronos 1867 (Cleopatra VII); BMC 113, 39-40 (Ptolemaeus XI), SNG Cop-.

Ex FORVM: "Rare partial brockage. A partial brockage occurs when: 1) one coin jams in the die, 2) a second coin is struck using the first coin as a die, 3) the first coin is removed, and 4) the second coin is re-struck with the die. This is an unusual circumstance of events. Clashed dies are more common. In clashed dies, the dies are struck against each other, creating a weak design of one or each die on the other. This coin is a partial brockage, not the product of clashed dies. The depth of the intaglio image, position in relation to the cameo image, and weakness of the higher points of the cameo image support the attribution to "partial brockage.""mihali84

Republic denariusThis is the rare caes of a double-reverse brockage, where a coin got stuck in the obverse die and then struck the obverse-to-be of the next coin with its own reverse.
Tanit

RIC 043 Titus Reverse BrockageAR Denarius, 2.55g
Rome mint, 79 AD
Obv: Incuse; Same type as rev.
Rev: TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VII P P; Quadriga l., with corn ears
RIC 43 (R). BMC 34. RSC 293. BNC 30.
Acquired from delcampe, February 2022. Ex Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. Auction 86, 10 December 2005, lot 256.

From David Vagi's Coinage and History of the Roman Empire: 'A "brockage" striking occurs when a coin that is already struck adheres to one of the coin dies (usually to the reverse die, which is held in the minter's hand) and is not removed before another fresh planchet is placed between the dies. The result is that a fresh planchet receives the normal image from the clear die, and an incused impression of that very same design from the coin that is stuck to the opposite die. This is a relatively common error on denarii of the Roman Republic, and is perhaps the most dramatic of all errors found on ancient coins. Only very rarely will a brockage feature the reverse design.'

Struck after 1 July 79 AD, this Titus brockage denarius was surprisingly produced during a time of excellent quality control at the mint of Rome. Unlike an obverse brockage, a reverse brockage allows for easier cataloguing since the specific reverse type is known. The minor wear indicates the piece freely circulated and was accepted as normal currency. J. P. Goddard estimates that up to 4% of Roman Republican denarii were brockages! That number is significantly diminished during the Flavian era.

The normal variant of this quadriga type is fairly rare on its own. Needless to say I was quite astonished to find one as a reverse brockage! An utterly fascinating unique coin.2 commentsDavid Atherton

Tiberius semis brockage, 12-14 AD, LugdunumTiberius
AE semis – 18mm
Lugdunum, 12-14 AD
TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII
laureate head r.
Incuse of obverse, intended Altar of Lugdunum type
RIC 246 [Augustus]
3 commentsArdatirion

Western Han Ban Liang Cash Coin 半兩 (179-136 BC) AE24Western Han, Ban Liang Cash Coin - 半兩 - (179-136 BC), 2.6g, 24mm

Obverse: BAN LIANG, 半兩, Two characters flanking a square hole and no rims.

Reverse: No legend. Possible brockage, no rims.

Reference: None at present.

Ex: ECIN (Every Coin In Numismatics)

Chinese coins during this period are difficult to attribute to any particular time. Ban Liang coins are also a generic coinage that was issued for a few hundred years. Starting as large and heavy coins, they diminished in weight and diameter. This particular coin could be the later period of the Ban Liang coins. This coin has no rims and has a diameter of 24mm which is consistent with the later period coins. Going by weight doesn't help when attributing these coins as the weight is variable even among coins with the same diameter.
Gil-galad

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