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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1891215, member: 4910&quot;]One learns something new every day.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I went to post this Antoninus Pius Tetradrachm and tried to find out</p><p>what the Greek inscription &quot;LTPI TOY&quot; meant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_rome_antoninus_egypttet.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obverse: Draped and cuirassed bust right with aegis</p><p>AΥT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTWNINOC EΥC (Augustus Caesar Antoninus Pius)</p><p>Reverse: Dikaiosyne seated left, scales in right, cornucopia in right</p><p>LTPI TOY (Regnal Year 3, see below)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Metal: Billon (low grade silver)</p><p>Size: 23mm</p><p>Weight: 12.94gm</p><p>Catalog: Milne 1619 var</p><p>Struck: AD 139-140 Alexandria Egypt</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It turns out that &quot;LTPI TOY&quot; is actually &quot;L TPITOY&quot;, the Regnal Year,</p><p>the &#039;L&#039; is &quot;Year&quot; and &quot;TPITOY&quot; is &quot;Three&quot; spelled out.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>More here under &quot;greek dates&quot;:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/search.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/search.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/search.asp</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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