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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3130935, member: 19463"]Just an opinion: You can never establish a new type/variety based on one coin or on coins that are questionable in any way. If all the coins that may be facing are weak strikes or worn, the possibility of the appearance of facing being wear related is just too strong to ignore. Worse, a single coin can not establish a new variety without careful examination to rule out tooling as a cause of the variation. </p><p><br /></p><p>A similar comparison from the same period is seen on Dea Caelestis riding lion coins of Septimius Severus and Caracalla. Most of these have heads facing right and wearing a hat but the more scarce types were the goddess holds a drum rather than a thunderbolt regularly show the head facing and bare. Why? IDK.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]798551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]798552[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]798554[/ATTACH] </p><p>My Caracalla as ('cast in Gaul') is a bit worn to be of value defining the facing had as a type but it is all I have. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]798555[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3130935, member: 19463"]Just an opinion: You can never establish a new type/variety based on one coin or on coins that are questionable in any way. If all the coins that may be facing are weak strikes or worn, the possibility of the appearance of facing being wear related is just too strong to ignore. Worse, a single coin can not establish a new variety without careful examination to rule out tooling as a cause of the variation. A similar comparison from the same period is seen on Dea Caelestis riding lion coins of Septimius Severus and Caracalla. Most of these have heads facing right and wearing a hat but the more scarce types were the goddess holds a drum rather than a thunderbolt regularly show the head facing and bare. Why? IDK. [ATTACH=full]798551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]798552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]798554[/ATTACH] My Caracalla as ('cast in Gaul') is a bit worn to be of value defining the facing had as a type but it is all I have. [ATTACH=full]798555[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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