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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3396038, member: 19463"]While my coin below only barely qualifies due to its left facing Domna, I am posting it here in comparison to Ken's mirror image error. My coin is much more common with Serapis facing right but the one faces left and the E denomination letter is also reversed. However the encircling legend was done correctly.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]902158[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am aware only of one exception to this rule. In c.347 AD Constantius II and Constans issued the first FEL TEMP REPARATIO coins in three denominations. The largest and smallest coins (Falling Horsemen and Phoenix) always have right facing portraits but the middle denomination, which came in more than one reverse, regularly faced left which distinguished them from the other two. Unfortunately, there are no female FTR coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]902172[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]902175[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3396038, member: 19463"]While my coin below only barely qualifies due to its left facing Domna, I am posting it here in comparison to Ken's mirror image error. My coin is much more common with Serapis facing right but the one faces left and the E denomination letter is also reversed. However the encircling legend was done correctly. [ATTACH=full]902158[/ATTACH] I am aware only of one exception to this rule. In c.347 AD Constantius II and Constans issued the first FEL TEMP REPARATIO coins in three denominations. The largest and smallest coins (Falling Horsemen and Phoenix) always have right facing portraits but the middle denomination, which came in more than one reverse, regularly faced left which distinguished them from the other two. Unfortunately, there are no female FTR coins. [ATTACH=full]902172[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]902175[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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