MARC ANTONY SILVER DENARIUS – IMPRESSIVE EDGE DOUBLE STRUCK ERROR SPECIMEN OF LEGIO XI ISSUE – VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN (Inv. 20495)

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20495. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. MARC ANTONY.
Silver Denarius, 20 mm. Issue of a military mint traveling with Antony (Patrae ?), struck 32–31 BC.
Obv. ANT AVG III VIR R P C, praetorian galley right. Rev. LEG XI, Legionary eagle between a pair of military standards.
Crawford 544/25; Sydenham 1229.
NGC graded VF, “overstruck,” “banker’s mark.”

Although NGC describes this coin as “overstruck,” it is in fact a grossly displaced double strike, the punch die hitting again the planchet just at the very top, impressing the lower left part of the galley. The partial image of the ship matches exactly that struck on the main coin, assuring that this is indeed the same die that was carelessly applied to the coin for the second time, creating this highly unusual error.