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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 14705632, member: 128351&quot;][ATTACH=full]1532060[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius, sestertius, Rome AD 153/4. </p><p>Obv.: ANTONINVS AV-G PIVS P P TR P XVII, bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, slight drapery on shoulder, left.</p><p>rev.: LIBERT-AS COS IIII / S C, Libertas, draped, standing right, holding pileus in extended right hand and extending her left hand</p><p>RIC III Antoninus Pius 916D</p><p><br /></p><p>There are not many examples of this left facing bust variant. The OCRE online database illustrates only two, and I could find none on ACSearch, only one on Vcoins. For the same coin, with the same legends and same reverse, the right facing head is very common... The left facing bust (with its slight drapery on shoulder) seems to have been a special limited series. </p><p><br /></p><p>But can anybody answer this question: why is this bust facing left? Is there a special signification? Thanks...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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