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<p>[QUOTE="tartanhill, post: 3231259, member: 93472"]Well, if the Roman numeral meant to convey the value in asses, it would have to be written in a consistant order. Reading it clockwise or counterclockwise was probably at the celator's discretion. Therefore I really consider this an error on the celator's part. We've seen a lot of Greek coins that will have writing in retrograde or just a letter or two retrograde. You have to consider that the die was cut in the reverse of what would be struck into the finished coin. Not everyone could think backwards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tartanhill, post: 3231259, member: 93472"]Well, if the Roman numeral meant to convey the value in asses, it would have to be written in a consistant order. Reading it clockwise or counterclockwise was probably at the celator's discretion. Therefore I really consider this an error on the celator's part. We've seen a lot of Greek coins that will have writing in retrograde or just a letter or two retrograde. You have to consider that the die was cut in the reverse of what would be struck into the finished coin. Not everyone could think backwards.[/QUOTE]
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