page_title: Obverse and reverse
hierarchical_section_title: Obverse and reverse
context_page_description: Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, obverse means the front face of the object and reverse means the back face. The obverse of a coin is commonly called heads, because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse tails.
  In fields of scholarship outside numismatics, the term front is more commonly used than obverse, while usage of reverse is widespread.
  The equivalent terms used in codicology, manuscript studies, print studies and publishing are "recto" and "verso".
context_section_description: Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, obverse means the front face of the object and reverse means the back face. The obverse of a coin is commonly called heads, because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse tails.
  In fields of scholarship outside numismatics, the term front is more commonly used than obverse, while usage of reverse is widespread.
  The equivalent terms used in codicology, manuscript studies, print studies and publishing are "recto" and "verso".
caption: A Roman imperial coin of Marcus Claudius Tacitus, who ruled briefly from 275 to 276, follows the convention of obverse and reverse coin traditions.
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