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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7936331, member: 44316&quot;]The bar above the CH indicates an abbreviation. It is very common on Byzantine coins. For example, the IS XS (Jesus Christus) on anonymous folles has bars above on this reverse at the top (This one is Class B):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372906[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The same words are abbreviated IC XC with bars above in small letters on the obverse (either side of the bust at neck level). Many Byzantine coins have bars above abbreviations (this one is a Class C anonymous follis):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372937[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The mintmark CHEUP is also on the site with a bar over the H and partway toward the C.&nbsp; Here is the site&#039;s example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372914[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is hard to see that bar as a detached part of a &quot;T&quot;. If it were Latin, the rest of the word is in Greek -- I don&#039;t think the &quot;U&quot; would be in the Latin spelling (but I&#039;m not an expert in Latin or Greek). Maybe [USER=84047]@Voulgaroktonou[/USER] can help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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