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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2919944, member: 83956&quot;][ATTACH=full]706847[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In the past few months I picked up a Julius Caesar denarius with an Aeneas reverse. While shopping for a very long time, I probably looked at a gazillion of them. I saw one this morning that struck me as unusual. It is the one on the left in the photo; mine is one on the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>In many (most? all?) of these denarii, Aeneas&#039;s legs are far apart, indicating his striding motion as he is fleeing a burning Troy with his father Anchises on his back. In the left coin, however, Aeneas is hardly &quot;manspreading&quot;; his legs seem unusually close together for the type, as if he&#039;s out for a leisurely stroll, not running to save his father&#039;s life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to stop short of casting aspersions on this coin. Indeed, other features of the coin argue for authenticity. I&#039;d rather just assume that this is an engraving variation that I&#039;ve not yet encountered. Would anyone with some experience with this type care to comment on whether they have encountered such a variation of this reverse type?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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