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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3729130, member: 19463&quot;]Did everyone notice that all of these demonstrate the Greek lettering Boustrophedon (as the ox plows).&nbsp; The city name starts at the top in what we would call normal orientation but switches to right to left order across the bottom.&nbsp; Letters with a direction like P and K always point in the direction of travel so they are retrograde when going right to left.&nbsp; Many letters (A, T, O) appear the same in either orientation but are actually retrograde when travelling right to left.&nbsp;&nbsp; When going up or down the die cutter had to decide whether the letters were base in or base out. Zumbly&#039;s Trikka has retrograde, base out KK while his Larissa has the P base in and left to right as it decends the right side of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>My coin is a Trikka and confusing with K which could be base in or out on the right side but shows the &#039;normal&#039; N either way you turn it at the left.&nbsp; Had the cutter considered the N to be base out and right to left, he would have slanted the bar in the N the other way so he must have intended the letter to be base in making the direction of travel left to right.&nbsp; He was not as confused as we are.&nbsp; My coin also is unusual compared to others here with the bull head twisted around to face the viewer rather than being viewed from the side.&nbsp; That feature is why I selected this coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]999847[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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