Reversed N on Alexander drachm?

[CL]

Hello,

I recently purchased an Alexander drachm, the coin looks authentic to me, however I just noticed that the N of the name Alexandrou is reversed like a . Now I have looked on the internet and I couldn't find any similar coins who have that. So now I am wondering if this could be a fake (and the faker made a stupid mistake) or is it actually a mistake from the engraver in that time?



Thank you.

[n.igma]

Occasionally retrograde letters in the legend are not unusual on Alexanders. They are reverse die specific events, the result of engraver error. Their presence does not define a different issue. Hence such things are rarely listed, or noted in Price unless they are thought to be of consequence in defining such things as imitative types.

The poor quality of the image does not permit further analysis or comment regarding authenticity.

[Joe Sermarini]

Retrograde letters and legend errors are common and are NOT an indicator of forgery.