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Offline David Atherton

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This Bird Has Flown
« on: October 24, 2019, 07:48:11 pm »
You don't often come across mistakes on Domitian's denarii, and when you do they are highly collectable. Luckily, I was recently offered a piece with a major omission.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-158363


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Re: This Bird Has Flown
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2019, 10:07:05 pm »
That's amazing David.  Never seen anything like this on a coin of Domitian.  The engraver must have been bored doing all those Minerva's...

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Re: This Bird Has Flown
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2019, 10:37:54 pm »
That is a great catch David.

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Re: This Bird Has Flown
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2019, 11:37:46 pm »
Thanks everyone for the comments!

 

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