Justin I. Ad. 518-527. Pentanummium Antioch Question About "Э"

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louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1306 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 2:53 pm I was looking over the coin below and wondered if the reverse direction of the reverse E; means anything to anyone? Justin I. A.D. 518-527. Pentanummium Antioch mint. D N IVSTINVS P P AVG, diademed draped and cuirassed bust right / Reverse E; to left of Tyche seated left, all within arched shrine. SBCV 111, 11 mm, 1.34 grams A link to these coins, all with this direction, is set up below: https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...us=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company= Edited by louisvillekyshop 06/08/2019 2:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 4:43 pm The letter was cut backwards on the die. Not a rare type. Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1306 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 6:01 pm Echizento; I was wondering if they did it on purpose or not and if so why. So you think they meant to make it backwards for any reason? Or they made the dies all wrong and made a ton of coins as it was not really important as an issue to them? Thus the backwards letter was not meant for any particular reason? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 8:21 pm My guess is that the die maker was illiterate and didn't know the right direction the letter was supposed to be in and just cut the letter wrong. An either no one noticed or know one cared. Sear shows this as a common coin so I would think a lot of them were struck Report this Post to the Staff
pilegicvs Valued Member United States 66 Posts	Posted 06/09/2019 04:40 am I have a number of these in my collection, they all look like this... Report this Post to the Staff
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