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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1724537, member: 19463&quot;]Being picky:&nbsp; I note many dealers have trouble with legend spacing on these and there is some variation in them.&nbsp; A K is Autocrator Kaiser or Imperator Caesar.&nbsp; Gamma is Gaius.&nbsp; Valerius in Greek usually starts OV probably indicating the W sound rather than a V.&nbsp; I am sloppy about separating the AK or AVTK&nbsp; but your GOYA L bothers me and should be G OYAL.&nbsp; Note my coin has no L but is simply G OVA despite the way the Wildwinds dealer chose to write up his coin.&nbsp; Lambda and alpha are hard to tell apart but when there is just one upside down V, I believe it has to be the A.&nbsp; I am not consistent about the V and Y, it seems, and I&#039;m not sure that bothers me either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure someone wishing to do a minor study of some merit could survey the selections of reverse types in late Alexandria (perhaps defined as after other cities had stopped making &#039;Provincial&#039; coins).&nbsp; Personifications are much more common than full fledged gods like Zeus.&nbsp; Everyone seems to use eagles, Tyche and Spes.&nbsp; Many seem to reappear after a few years off but I am not aware of a pattern.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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