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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 3504554, member: 93702&quot;]I have posted this before&nbsp; - but relevant here....</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a modest example with an unusual minting error - <b>most probably showing that the legends were cut by a different person than the artist cutting the Temple image:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/neromerge-jpg.893700/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see the &quot; S C &quot; is reversed and the word &quot;CLVSIT&quot; (meaning closed) is at the 12 o&#039;clock position ... this should be at the 6 o&#039;clock position (per normal examples). This was pointed out to me by two members on this forum..</p><p><br /></p><p>Inverting the coin shows the legend in the correct alignment and &quot;S C&quot; now aligned: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerorev1-jpg.893707/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Nero. A.D. 54-68. Æ as. 9.7 gm. 28 mm. Rome mint. Struck circa A.D. 67. His laureate head right; IMP NERO CAESAR AVG GERM / The Temple of Janus, garland hung across closed doors to left, latticed windows on right; PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT around; S C to either side. Sear 689.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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