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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2611384, member: 75937&quot;]Let&#039;s see your left-facing busts, particularly those that &quot;aren&#039;t supposed to be&quot; left-facing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left-facing busts aren&#039;t unusual on Greek coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]571362[/ATTACH] </p><p>Philistis, wife of Hieron II </p><p>AR 5 Litrae</p><p>Syracuse, Sicily, 270-230 B.C.E </p><p>4.46 gm 18.1 mm </p><p>Obv: Diademed and veiled head, l., palm branch behind. </p><p>Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ, Nike driving biga to left, E (=5) in l. field. </p><p>Refs: SNG ANS-893; SNG III (Lockett)-1017; Forrer 196; Burnett pl. 4, 50.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left-facing busts aren&#039;t particularly unusual on Roman provincial issues when depicting the wife of an emperor, either:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]571363[/ATTACH] </p><p>AUGUSTUS AND LIVIA </p><p>Roman provincial AE 31 </p><p>Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, AD 14-29 </p><p>21.48 g, 31 mm </p><p>Obv: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Augustus r.; thunderbolt before, star above. </p><p>Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia, l.; globe beneath, crescent above. </p><p>Refs: RPC-73; SGI-189; Heiss 393, 2; Cohen 169, 3; Alvarez-Burgos 1587; Lindgren II 69; SNG Tubingen 118; SNG Copenhagen 423.13.35.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]571364[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius and Agrippina II</p><p>AE 12 Nummia</p><p>Bosporos, under King Kotys I, AD 50-54</p><p>9.30 gm; 25.0 mm</p><p>Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΟC, laureate head of Claudius, right.</p><p>Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ CΕΒΑCΤΗΝ, head of Agrippina II, left, in loop ponytail; BAK before.</p><p>Refs: SGI 5438; RPC 1925; BMC 13.52,7; Anokhin Bosporus 348; SNG Copenhagen 31.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left-facing busts are quite common on LRBC, such as:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]571365[/ATTACH] </p><p>Probus, 276-282</p><p>Roman billon Antoninianus</p><p>Ticinium mint, AD 280-82 </p><p>3.25 g; 21.7 mm </p><p>Obv: VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust, left, holding spear and shield. </p><p>Rev: SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, feeding serpent held in arms. V in left field; * in right field, TXXI in exergue. </p><p>Refs: RIC-500; Cohen 584.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]571366[/ATTACH] </p><p>Licinius II, 317-324 </p><p>Roman AE Follis </p><p>Antioch, AD 317-318 </p><p>17.55 mm; 3.36 gm </p><p>Obv: DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate bust left, holding mappa in right&nbsp; hand and globe and scepter in left. </p><p>Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI CAESS, Jupiter standing left, holding victory on globe; resting on scepter; captive at left. H in right field; SMANT in exergue. </p><p>Refs: RIC-29; Sear-15415.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]571367[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julian II, 361-363</p><p>Roman Silvered AE 3 Centenionalis</p><p>Antioch mint, AD 363-363</p><p>3.16 gm; 18.3 mm</p><p>Obv: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F, helmeted and cuirassed bust, left, holding spear and shield.</p><p>Rev: VOT X MVLT XX, legend within wreath; in exergue: ANTA between two palm fronds.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, it&#039;s unusual to see a left-facing bust on a Roman Imperial issue prior to the mid 3rd century AD. This, for example, is a variant that is not recorded in Sear, Cohen, or RIC. It is an obverse die match (different reverse die) to lot 1292, CNG Mail Bid sale 57, April 4, 2001:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]571368[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr, under Antoninus Pius, 147-161</p><p>Roman AE middle bronze</p><p>11.10 gm; 25.3 mm</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, left.</p><p>Rev: IVNO SC, Juno seated left, holding the three graces and scepter; at feet, peacock.</p><p>Compare to: RIC 1400; Cohen 128.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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