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Message:: [QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4541827, member: 110350"]Google wasn't really much help.  There are about twice as many results for McAlee 745c as for 745a.  The only possible differences I can see (I'm boldfacing the differences) are that the obverse inscription for my coin (apparently McAlee 745c) is supposed to read KAI MO ΔI ANTΩNINOC CE (also the inscription in Sear's book), whereas the inscription you give for yours is ΚΑΙ Μ Ο ΔΙA ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CЄ (also the inscription that Wildwinds gives for McAlee 745a; Wildwinds doesn't seem to have an entry for McAlee 745c).  And then there's a third version of the inscription -- KAI M O Δ ANTΩNINOC CEB  -- given at <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=458&lot=181" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=458&lot=181" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=458&lot=181</a> for a coin classified as McAlee 745a.  And a fourth version -- KAI M O Δ ANTΩNINOC C -- given at <a href="http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=239492" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=239492" rel="nofollow">http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=239492</a> for a coin classified as McAlee 745c!  On most examples of this coin I see, the obverse legend is at least partly illegible anyway, so it's no wonder that people have come up with all sorts of different versions of it.  And yet, your coin's legend does appear to say "ΔΙA ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC,"whereas (as best as I can tell from the photo, since I don't yet have the coin) mine does appear to say "ΔI ANTΩNINOC"; I can't see an extra A there. So perhaps that is the difference.[/QUOTE]

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