Hi,
I have a matching pair of
Macrinus and
Diadumenian,
Herakles and the
Hydra reverse type - which is an interesting
scarce (ish) die.
Please add any of yours you find particually interesting.
What is curious here is the weak
part of the striking is at the bottom lright for both coins - yet the
Diadumenian one is aligned with 0 degrees between both dies, while the
Macrinus one is aligned at
180 degrees.
Die alignment is not really discussed much with these provisionals - they tend to be all over the place - but here it may tell a story.
The roughness is likely due to the condition of the die rather than how well the strike was made (allowances must always be made for the general degradation of contidion).
It is an interesting
type though I have never seen one in a really
good condition so perhaps here the die just didn't "take" or degraded very quickly, yet the
mint still wanted to use it.
Malcolm
1.
Province
Moesia Inferior
City
Nicopolis ad Istrum Size (mm) 28
Weight (g) 11.32
Die Axis 180
Tariff 4
assaria Governor Statius Longinus
Ob.
Leg.
AVT K M OPPELLIOC CEV MAKPINOC
Ob. Desc. Laureate, draped and
cuirassed bust right
Rev. Leg. VP CTA LONGINOV NIKOÐOLITWN
PROC ICT
Rev. Desc.
Herakles naked, left, attacking a
Hydra with
his club
References;
AMNG 1760;
Varbanov (Eng.)
Vol1. No. 3480;
Moushmov 1290;
1.
Province
Moesia Inferior
City
Nicopolis ad Istrum Size (mm) 27
Weight (g) 12.74
Die Axis 0o
Tariff 4
assaria Governor Statius Longinus
Ob.
Leg. M OPELLI DIADOV-MENIANOC KAI
Ob. Desc. Bare headed, draped and
cuirassed bust right
Rev. Leg. VP CTA LONGINOV NIKOÐOLITWN
PROC ICT
Rev. Desc.
Herakles standing left grasping the
Hydra with
his left hand and preparing to strike it with club which he holds over
his shoulder
References;
Varbanov (Eng.)
Vol.1. No. 3731;
AMNG I 1858 p. 470;