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Offline six2ten

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Imitative, double struck 'mule'
« on: April 02, 2016, 11:45:28 PM »
I am pretty sure this is a copy, rather than a true mule - the style is OK but the letters are just a bit crude I think. The eastern mints don't turn up as much as imitations in my experience so that makes it neat, and just as a bonus I think it is double (or over) struck. The flat area on the bottom left of the camp gate is where the exergue of the previous strike was, and a couple of the legs are visible right on the edge of the coin, but not clear enough to guess whether it is a double strike, or over - struck on another coin

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Re: Imitative, double struck 'mule'
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2016, 09:23:30 AM »
It's definitely unofficial. The letters do look crude and the legend is very crowded on the reverse with the last S in the mintmark also retrograde.