Die Axis - The angle at which the top and bottom coin dies oppose each other when the coin is struck. All circulating British coins are up/up.
Die axis is the alignment between the two dies used to produce a coin. Commonly we see either upright or 12 o'clock where the top of one side is the same as the top of the other (a hole drilled through the top of the obverse will come out through the ...
26mm / 9.9
die axis 6:00
Obv: AV Λ CEΠTI CEVHPOC
Laureate draped & cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VΠΦAVCTINIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN
Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia.
(Moushmov 385) ...
(die axis, weight, specific gravity. Examples are Sasanian drachms) collecting
Empire and the logic of English as the language of numismatic scholarship, by Reid Goldsborough
Ancient currency and ancient scale weights, by Hendin Jewish, Biblical ...
One of these is die axis, and it is the easiest to render concretely. This term describes the relationship of the types to one another when one is viewed in the vertical position and the coin is rotated on its polar axis.
die axis
error coins
minting errors
Definition: Die rotation refers to the location of the "top" of the coin's image when the coin is turned over. For example, if you look at the obverse of a U.S.
1 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, c. 661 - 663 A.D.; obverse, facing busts of Constans & Constantine IV, Constans wears plumed helmet, Constantine a helmet with cross, small cross between heads; reverse VICTORIA AVGU H CoNoB, ...
The flan shapes are different, but it is relatively easy for a forger control such perameters as flan shape, die axis, centering, and many other striking characteristics in order to make his fakes all slightly different.
Die axis : 6 h.
Metal : Or
Actual weight : 32,24 g.
Legal weight : 32,25806 g.
Pieces to the mark : 31 au kilo
Fineness per thousand : 900°/oo
Description of rim : inscrite en relief ***** DIEU * PROTEGE * LA * FRANCE ...
Black Sea Region-Pantikapaion, AE Tetrachalkon, 310-304/3 BC
(No legend)
Unbearded head of Pan left
P_A_N
Head of lion left, sturgeon left below
18mm, 7.00g, Die axis 11.0
MacDonald 70; Anokhin 125; SNG BM Black Sea 883-889 ...
The Diameter of ancient coins is usually expressed in millimeters. In FORVM's catalog descriptions you will usually find the coin's weight, then maximum diameter, followed by the die axis.
rather than Latin, the existence of both brass and lead examples, significant weight variation between examples (from 1.35 to 3.56 grams for this farthing size token, which is below the regal farthing weight of 4.72 grams) and an irregular die axis ...
 See also: Bust, Laureate, Wreath, Eagle, Draped Bust
  
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