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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1822182, member: 19463"]Enatoy is 9th year. They wrote it out rather than using the numeral theta because theta by itself is a symbol of death (thanatos) and was considered bad luck until the Christians took over and changed the pagan superstitions. The OP coin is about as clear on the obverse legends as these get unless being Greek is a problem to you. Part legend coins of Diocletian are often given away by the extremely small o which is more often than not only a dot. My coin below is much more typical in terms of legibility but still very readable for these. [ATTACH=full]299323[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1822182, member: 19463"]Enatoy is 9th year. They wrote it out rather than using the numeral theta because theta by itself is a symbol of death (thanatos) and was considered bad luck until the Christians took over and changed the pagan superstitions. The OP coin is about as clear on the obverse legends as these get unless being Greek is a problem to you. Part legend coins of Diocletian are often given away by the extremely small o which is more often than not only a dot. My coin below is much more typical in terms of legibility but still very readable for these. [ATTACH=full]299323[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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