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Offline Tibsi

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Otacilia Severa anto with retrograde 'N' letter and strange portrait
« on: September 23, 2022, 02:40:05 am »
Hi,

What's your opinion about this anto with retrograde 'N' letter and strange portrait? Is it an ancient barbaric or a modern fake coin?
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Re: Otacilia Severa anto with retrograde 'N' letter and strange portrait
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Re: Otacilia Severa anto with retrograde 'N' letter and strange portrait
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2022, 02:23:35 pm »
Unlike Elagabal's notorious "horn", I'm fairly sure this is a die break. And the retrograde N is a slip not of the pen, but of the chisel. :) An "almost-ordinary" product of the normal mint IMO. Still it's a good feeling to be the first one to notice such a slip after almost 2,000 years; I like that feeling.

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