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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4227562, member: 19463&quot;]A couple tips:&nbsp; Valerianus was a common name in the later period but only one emperor is known by that name.&nbsp; In Greek, names did not start with a hard V (Vuh) but were begun with a softer Ouweh sound so we get an omicron before the V.&nbsp; Diocletian coins can be suspected when you see a dot at the top of the legend between the I and the K.&nbsp; Many of his coins showed omicron (&quot;little o&quot;) quite literally &quot;little&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is a handwriting thing.&nbsp; Some of us are as familiar with the handwriting on these as we are with what we place on paper ourselves.&nbsp; Practice helps.&nbsp; Never accept ID listings without trying to figure out how they were made.&nbsp; Below is a yera nine Diocletian.&nbsp; By that time everyone knew him so the mint shortened his name omitting the first part.&nbsp; That make that little O dot the third letter but still between I and K.&nbsp; Clear?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1081594[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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