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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7755119, member: 44316&quot;]This post is intended to point out that two coins in this thread both use the shape &quot;R&quot; for what we normally think of as &quot;B&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Doug was writing about the a Romanus IV coin like this one</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328496[/ATTACH] to which I replied</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I leaned that translation and put it on my page of legends</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html</a></p><p>but, at the time, I found the explanation of &quot;R&quot; in the upper right really being a &quot;B&quot; unsatisfying.&nbsp; So, I looked into it a bit further and noticed another coin in this thread shows the shape &quot;R&quot; can be a form of &quot;B&quot;: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sb1866romanusiv2138-jpg.1327793/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Sear 1854, Constantine X, Ducas, 1059-1067. 27-25 mm. 8.82 grams.</p><p>Bust of Christ/Bust of Constantine X</p><p>Reverse legend: &quot;KωN&quot; for &quot;Constantine&quot; followed (at 10:30) by </p><p><b>R</b>ACILЄVC O ΔVK&nbsp; &quot;Basileus [= emperor] (the) Ducas&quot; with &quot;R&quot; an epigraphic form of &quot;B&quot; and &quot;C&quot; a lunate &quot;S&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the &quot;R&quot; at 10:30?&nbsp; It&#039;s a &quot;B&quot;!&nbsp; Apparently this is an 11th C. usage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am continually improving my page of legends. If you want to translate the legends on Byzantine coins, visit </p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html</a></p><p>If you have a Byzantine copper coin with a legend that is not addressed on that page, let me know and I will look into it and see if I can help. Actually, pretty often it is my good friend [USER=84047]@Voulgaroktonou[/USER] who knows the answer and he explains it to me![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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