Remember to clarify or ask for clarification. This way of speaking of "type" for two different things is common and if you do not pay attention, you will talk about something with your interlocutor while he is talking about something else. Still looking at the photo below, the character of the reverse (character right) being PAX we speak of a sestertius PAX type. Indeed, we say "type of money" which refers to the denomination (denarius, sestertius.) but also the "type" which indicates the character of reverses. I want to make a specific part on this subject because the use of this word is difficult for beginners and even sometimes for advanced collectors. To complete, a word will be meet for several different elements, it is the word "type". For the example in the photo below, the Emperor Britannicus has a "bust bareheaded, draped and turned left". If anyone asks you what is the bust of the coin, he does not wait for you to give the name of the emperor, but: the crown, the cloth. The bust obviously indicates the portrait and implies the description of the clothes, crowns, jewels and items. The grenetis refers to the small dots around the coin (see photo). We will speak of the "field" of the currency designating the smooth and unregistered part. When you discuss with collectors you will speak of "legend" which is also called "titulature" to describe the words and abbreviations inscribed on the currency. Homogeneity errors with mixture metals.
Striking techniques and accidental strikes.Clothes, crowns and busts orientations.All illustrated coins are with copyright photo permission of : Numismatica Ars Classica. The associated legends for each emperor and each type. Before starting, I remind you that you have the tool "image search engine" " for already identify the emperor and the type of reverse.
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