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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2573889, member: 82549&quot;]For me, the main purpose of knowing a RIC number is to fill in missing details about what is depicted on the coin, where or when it was minted, etc. Often with ancients parts of a coin are damaged or weakly struck or whatever, so I rely on RIC to tell me what deity is depicted or what is in her left hand. . . You get the idea. The number itself isn&#039;t important, it&#039;s the information that it leads you to that I&#039;m interested in.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What the authors mean is that they have grouped coins of this reverse type with obverse bust types A, C (both of which are facing right) AND left-facing busts all under the same catalog number. Why they chose to do this, especially when left-facing busts are so rare for this type and probably denote a presentation piece, is a mystery to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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