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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2669094, member: 75937&quot;]Yes. A die match on both obverse and reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The way to do it is to look at the inscriptions, which almost always have distinctive features in terms of letter spacing, shape, and relationship of the letters to the portrait and other devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unique features on the obverse include the placement of the final C (a little lower than the O) and the shape of the ribbon on the back of the head and the way it abuts the K in the inscription. Also the proximity of the IN and their slant at 3:00 in the obverse inscription. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unique features of the reverse include the big gap between the I and T at the 3:00 position and the slant of the I and the narrow space between the PI at the 9:00 position. Moreover, the relationship of the patera with the inscription is the same, as is the angle of Apollos elbows and the shape of the branch he is holding and the shape and location of the altar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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