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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2347105, member: 19463&quot;]Yes.&nbsp; I was outbid on a Decius labelled Trebonanius Gallus, a Claudius II labelled Gallienus, a Licinius I labelled Constantine I and (the best one) a Valerian labelled Postumus.&nbsp; All five sales were active the same week making me wonder if they were all collected by someone as known to be wrong but the seller did have other lots that were correctly identified.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At this period it was common for one son to be left while the others are right. This issue has Constantine II both ways so my guess (unbaked theory) is that his portraits were changed to right when they started issuing coins for his younger brother in left format.&nbsp; This is not something that holds in all times and all mints.&nbsp; Perhaps the left ones indicated that person was holding some office at that time (Consul?) or some other answer that would require more study.&nbsp; I have been moving away from late Romans lately simply because I have too many.&nbsp; There is a lot of interest available and many real opportunities for study for relatively low cost. I&#039;m surprised coin collectors do not get more competition from people studying the clothing shown on these coins.&nbsp; I have not looked to see if there are reconstructions of the attire (&#039;big shoulders&#039;).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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