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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1843111, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]306527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]306528[/ATTACH] Sol appears to have done a lot of fidgeting around while posing for these coins.&nbsp; Here are two from Trier shop B (yes, they do have different obverse legends).&nbsp; Note how Sol shifts his weight from one leg to the other and loses the drapery from one shoulder between the two.&nbsp; We have to ask the question of how important such matters are to our way of collecting and also if we can see any pattern to the differences that make it seem more than just random variation.&nbsp; I know there are specialists in Sol coinage that take these things more seriously than I do but they probably care nothing for some of the Septimius Severus variations that mean more to me.&nbsp; We each will have our own patterns.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My two coins also point out another question for each to address.&nbsp; These two coins have very different style in portrait and reverse figure.&nbsp; Is one better or does it make no difference and we will accept either as a coin from a period of less than the finest workmanship?&nbsp;&nbsp; I prefer the style of the top coin but not all may agree.&nbsp; We also may differ in how we describe the two poses.&nbsp; Are both facing or is one right and one left?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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