I've got a LRB that I've been cleaning and it's too far gone for me to make out the ruler (I can tell it's a LRB bust, though). But I can't tell what the reverse type is... It's swoopy like a hippocamp tail, but I don't think there were any on LRBs. Anyone have any idea? Could it be some sort of victory with arms raised with a wreath or something? Thanks!
I keep looking at your coin @Justin Lee. Looks like the obverse needs to be rotated just a tad clockwise to have it straight up and down. Then, if you do that and the coin is one with medal rotation, then as you have photographed the reverse here, you need to rotate the reverse (or the photograph of the reverse) significantly counterclockwise to get the orientation correct obverse-to-reverse. The chip in the edge is useful to help you get the orientation of the reverse. (I hope that is clear). Then the reverse suggests to me the she-wolf suckling little Remus and Romulus. That would be my guess.
Thanks! Yea, I've been staring at it for over a month now. I looked through all the 240 reverse types on the site nothing was exactly definitive. I like your suggestion, but I'm not sure about it, because the obverse for that commemorative issue is a left facing bust with corinthian helmet. And the wolves all have their tail and nose turned back to the inside not creating a nice swooping point like mine. http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/112/112i.htm I'm thinking that Occam's Razor might be the right way to think about this, that the simplest solution is probably the correct solution. Meaning that this is probably a FTR spearing horseman (based on the shear numbers) and I know that the horseman can have some really dynamic "lunging from above" poses. Hmmm? http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/024/024i.htm
