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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2498420, member: 56859&quot;]I agree that the reverse orientation just isn&#039;t as important with ancients since it&#039;s not like an odd rotation makes any coin more valuable.&nbsp; I have the same issue as [USER=73212]@ancientnut[/USER]-- for many coins I collect, the obverse and reverse orientation doesn&#039;t even have a &quot;correct&quot; way.&nbsp;&nbsp; Diameter is important and I wish all auction houses would state both weight and diameter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example of a coin with no obviously correct obverse orientation.&nbsp; The winged boars are usually depicted rather horizontally or even tipped down a bit.&nbsp; I thought it looked better tipped upwards, like Pigasus is gaining altitude rather than dragging his feet on the ground.&nbsp; So, I chose to go against the usual orientation.&nbsp; I doubt the ancient coin police will fine me for this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Lesbos, Mytilene.&nbsp; EL hekte, c. 521-478 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>Many archaic coins have a simple punch or geometric&nbsp; reverse.&nbsp; Assigning a rotation to such coins is artificial and (I believe) meaningless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]529792[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caria, Kindya.&nbsp; AR tetrobol, 510-480 BCE.&nbsp; I chose to orient the pictures with the reverse oriented approximately 12:00, adjusted just a bit for aesthetics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stating the precise relative reverse rotation can error-ridden even with Roman Imperial portrait issues.&nbsp; The obverse legends may not start and stop at symmetric clock points, and you could easily rotate the portrait +/- an hour without it looking wrong.&nbsp; If the reverse has an exergual line it is easier to determine reverse orientation but not all of them have such a line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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