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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2403594, member: 31620&quot;]The picture isn&#039;t quite as clear cut as looking at a ruler by ruler or even mint by mint basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I take one ruler as an example e.g. Probus. I will provide some examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are certain mints for Probus such as Antioch or Tripolis that ONLY produced coins with a Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several mints produces coin which are &quot;Radiate bust wearing imperial mantle (trabea), holding sceptre surmounted by eagle&quot; and for these busts the overwhelming majority (99+%) are left facing across all mints. The right facing variants are all scarce-rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>common to the left</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_132ga_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Rare to the right</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132ip%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>For the Radiate cuirassed bust this is the other way around with the right facing bust being predominant and the left facing variety being significantly scarcer. The relative scarcity varies from mint to mint though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus might be an oddity but I know that some of what I have identified also applies to other during this period e.g. Carus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have a look at the variety of bust types known for Probus illustrated here to see that many face in both directions.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://probvs.net/probvs/busts/b-bus-bustforms.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://probvs.net/probvs/busts/b-bus-bustforms.html" rel="nofollow">http://probvs.net/probvs/busts/b-bus-bustforms.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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