Yes, but you're assuming intelligence on the
part of the apparent forger. I've seen many
fakes with changes and mistakes that just can't be explained on the assumption that the engraver is paying any real attention to what one must assume was the real coin (or photo of a real coin) sitting in front of him (or her?): changed figures, incorrect
legend breaks (or no breaks where there should be), missing images in the
field, muddled
mint marks, crazy
portraits, fantasy and incorrect details of clothing and diadems. I'm not discounting the possibility that it's a
contemporary counterfeit (the
portrait looks right), but the legends in particular look much better than other fourth-century
counterfeits I've seen (which doesn't mean anything, of course). As always, we need someone with expertise in this
area to wade in and give us his/her two cents' worth. But I think that my and others' advice is correct, no matter what this coin's origin: when in doubt, don't buy it.