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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Smitty413, post: 25401097, member: 160542&quot;]Good afternoon,</p><p><br /></p><p>My wife gave me an early Father&#039;s Day gift of an Aethelred II (Northumbria) copper styca. I&#039;m not much of a coin collector, but I am a history teacher and enthusiast of that era of English history. As I was looking at other coins from the same set (Sp# 865) online, and noticed that the lettering of my coin was completely backwards...like a mirror image. See below:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1626723[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1626724[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>When I &quot;flipped&quot; these images on my phone, I can see where it reads &quot;EDILRED REX&quot; on one side, and &quot;EΛRDVVLF&quot; on the other. All the similar coins that I find online are not like this. My wife and I are both curious: is this common, rare, or some sort of forgery? It was bought online from Silbury Coins, which from what I can find is a reputable source.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help or guidance given from you more learned folks on here would be greatly appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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