I have strange feelings about this coin Lucius Verus The Obverse emperor have the same direction as the Reverse. Lucius Verus i see by mine other denarius the obverse up and Reverse is then down. A demostration, down under. geta Thanks
Die axes vary so much in Roman coinage that they are often left unrecorded by catalogers. Denarii of this era can be oriented either 12h or 6h. I see no seam, and I see metal flow lines on the surfaces, meaning the coin was struck rather than cast. Unless someone can match it to a known fake, it looks authentic to me.
Yah, I never pay too much attention to die axes ... I will sometimes note a coin's o'clock in the 'other notes' but as JA mentioned, it seems to vary quite randomly (the ol' quality-control down at the Roman mints didn't seem quite as tight as our modern mints)
