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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1851845, member: 19463&quot;]I believe the extra you see is just roughness.&nbsp; All of the coins on this page have the same reverse legend but differ in where they ran out of room around the edge and switched to the exergue.&nbsp; chrsmat71&#039;s eagle has all of the city name around the edge.&nbsp;&nbsp; OVLPIANWN AGXIALEWN&nbsp; (do note our W for omega might confuse since the coin uses the standard old fashioned omega rather than the W form).&nbsp;&nbsp; The OP coin has one letter N in exergue but the omega is at the end of the circle legend.&nbsp; My Cybele and Zeus have very weak exerges but traces confirm both had WN in exergue while OVLPIANWN AGXIALE is clear around the edge.&nbsp; Finally my gate moves the E down to the exergue giving OVLPIANWN AGXIAL / EWN.&nbsp; The legend reads &quot;of the Ulpian Anchialians&quot; (genitive plural).&nbsp; Ulpian refers to the founding of the city by the emperor whose family name was Ulpius (Trajan).&nbsp; Greek for the city name we call Anchialus starts with AGXI.&nbsp; I recall learning in first year Greek that the Greeks hated bad sounds and changed pronunciations to be euphonious (good sounding).&nbsp; AGCH might sound OK to Germans but Greeks stuck in an N making the more melodious Angchi.&nbsp; The N was spoken but not written.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most provincial coins used the genitive plural of the people rather than just naming the city.&nbsp; Today we write Canada on coins from that country but the ancient way would be to write &#039;of the Canadians&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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