Interesting Reverse Minting Feature

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1168. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 395-338 BC. AR Stater (12.24 g). Timi-, magistrate. Struck circa 390-382 BC. Boeotian shield / Amphora; above, club left; T-I/M-I in two lines across field; all within concave circle. BCD Boiotia 478 (same rev. die); Hepworth 89; Myron Hoard -; Traité III 267. VF, partial clashed die on reverse(?). Interesting feature on reverse.

The “defect” on the reverse of this coin is also present on the reverse of BCD 478. In that sale, the coin was described as being “overstruck,” but the present coin, from the same reverse die and exhibiting the same feature, clearly shows that this “defect” was present in the reverse die. It appears to be a partial incuse version of the obverse type, so it is possibly the result of a clashed die.