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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2147328, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]411533[/ATTACH]</p><p>Commodus Flaviopolis, Cilicia, Isis and Serapis</p><p>Note that Greek did have an F but we often write it as PH.&nbsp; In this case the town was named for the Flavian dynasty of Rome so we transliterate it as an F.&nbsp;&nbsp; Greek most certainly did have a Q and many of us havee coins with that letter prominently displayed.&nbsp; Wait and see. There is also a U city which I don&#039;t know if any of us have but again was a city named for a Roman family name.&nbsp; W is commonly used to transliterate digamma but that will be a hard one.&nbsp; Lets not give up before we lose.&nbsp; We might get the alphabet.&nbsp; Maybe???</p><p><br /></p><p>Before I apologize for the 3/4 coin look at the Wildwinds example:</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/cilicia/flaviopolis/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/cilicia/flaviopolis/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/cilicia/flaviopolis/t.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Brittle must have been a common fault there???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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