Beschreibung
Material: Silber
Gewicht: 3,47 g
Septimius Severus Kraay Overstrike; 193-211 AD, New-style Eastern Mint, 198 AD, Denarius, 3.47g. BM-672, pl. 44.13. Obv: L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, Head laureate r.; double-struck with slight vertical shift below neck. Rs: Double-struck after a 180-degree turn of one of the two dies, both of which show the same reverse type, VICT PARTHICAE, Victory holding wreath and trophy, stepping l., with bound captive seated at her feet. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; acquired from Pete Burbules, May 1997. Such overstrikes evidently occurred, as Colin Kraay was the first to recognize, when the mint was applying two reverse dies alternately and rapidly at the same anvil die, but a completed coin was not removed quickly enough from the anvil, so was mistakenly struck a second time with the alternate reverse die.. Toned Choice EF
