Sad severus alexander

[mix_val]

Here’s an odd coin that appears on French ebay (red background) that I’ve compared to a legit coin from my own collection (black background).  It doesn’t look right to me because of a number of small details.  Some of the A’s in the legend don’t have cross bars, the ear is crooked, I’ve never seen Spes’ flower look like that, and above all the style is all wrong.  Sad Alexander is no doubt thinking about his ultimate fate.   Has anyone see something similiar before?

[Pscipio]

Both look fine to me. Not every ancient artist was a genius.

Lars

[slokind]

And photos illuminated upside down (unforgivable) are themselves misleading and never should be relied on for this or any other purpose.  Pat L.

[basemetal]

Pat, you've once again caused me to think for a change.
Just as a flashlight held under the chin makes for a complete misrepresentation of a person's features, suitable for telling ghost stories, a coin illuminated upside down........
Thanks.
Bruce
Basemetal

[slokind]

Yes, we all when young and perhaps a little drunk, took such portraits, to make our late-adolescent selves look 'interesting'.  Early movies employed it, too.  But it has made some of the images in Dr. Prokopov's books hard to use.  And Doug Smith has perfectly plain instructions on avoiding it.
Pat L.

[ROMA]

i've never seen this die either, its different from the usual.