I was looking through transcription data for the Schaefer files and thought this was an error in the spread sheet but NO it really exists and is a die match. At first I assumed it must be a bad fake. Plated specimens of the type are known. However, I think someone in the Roman mint just messed up and combined a reverse with the wrong obverse.
[…] so grateful to know that this specimen exists to confirm the photoI posted from the Schaefer archive that is in the Pushkin museum. I’m also regularly astounded how this blog helps me source information and connect with […]