Obverse : AYTOKP OYHPOC CABACTOC Reverse: YΠATOC On my Roman / western empire pieces, I have been able to use my reference books or the internet to translate the words. These words yield no meaningful results.
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ = AUTOKR OUIROS SƐVASTOS Autokr (autocracy), OUIROS is the Greek name of Verus and ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastos Reverse ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Β https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/t...28767df67aba568b5cad8c8d0aa7ec21cb2caeda.html I think B is an officina, but not sure. Coins with Marcus Aurelius portraits have reverse legend ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ fromn what I can find.
Translating these coins is a lot tougher than the Latin. I bought this piece because my Lucius Verus Roman coin is ugly. I was looking for something better looking. Plus it is something different from the Eastern Empire. Thanks Guys!!!
The fact that they were using a different alphabet doesn't help Here is my Vespasian hemidrachm from the same city, unfortunately legend is not fully visible Legend is, or was ΑΥΤΟΚΡΚΑΙϹΑΡΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹϹƐΒΑ = ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒΑ = AUTOKR KAISAR OUESPASIANOS SEVA - from the term "Sevastos".
"OY" or "OV" is common in the Greek east for our "V". It also begins the names of Volusian and Valerian: Valerian at Anazarbus in Cilicia. Struck 253/4. 30 mm. 22.90 grams. AVT K Π ΛIK OVAΛEPIANOC CE Sear Greek Imperial 4484.
And also for Vespasian, like on my coin, ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ, but I wanted @johnmilton to see that the name is Verus "translated"
Sorry, @dougsmit, but talking down to people is not a positive approach. I am sorry that I am not as well versed in languages as you. Dyslexia does not help. Foreign languages were extremely hard for me when I was in school. None of the books I have addresses this. The websites that Google led me to offered no help. I bought the coin retail from a dealer for a couple hundred dollars. Given my business education, where I did well, I can handle that. I hate auctions because nine times out of ten, I over pay.
AYTOKP is an abbreviation of αὐτοκράτωρ, the Greek equivalent of Latin imperator. CEBACTOC (σεβαστός) is the equivalent of augustus. "C" is a late form of "Σ". The provincials tend to follow protocols similar to the imperial coins but in Greek. So instead of IMPERATOR VERVS ΑVGVSTVS we have ΑΥΤΟΚΡ[ΑΤΩΡ] ΟΥΗΡΟC CEBACTOC. On other coins, the titles may be more abbreviated, as on the imperial coins (e.g. IMP VERVS AVG / AYT OYHPOC CEB).
