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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5157180, member: 19463"]Severina (wife of Aurelian) year 6</p><p><br /></p><p>Both coins have clear obverse legends but it can take a bit of practice to learn the Greek letter forms as used on those coins. It also helps to get a list (preferably the book by Emmett) that gives the obverse legends for the various years. In the case of your Severina, that name is preceded by OYΛΠ (Ulpia) as it is on my cleaner but not as well detailed year 7 below. This late, all the coins will be tetradrachms since the AE denominations like the diobol became obsolete after the Severans. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209311[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is necessary to learn the Greek alphabet AND add a few extra letter forms like the S between E and Z which also served as the number 6 and the 'lunate' sigma which looks like our C. My Severina above is defective in some letters which is just something you have to get used to and not let it trip you up. It is also common for the cross bar in A to be weak or missing making the letter look like a lambda. In this case my H is missing the cross bar and the E in CEB is missing the middle stroke. Perhaps you noticed that the 'year' symbol L was sometimes replaced with the spelled out 'year' ETOYC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Several of us here are very much into Alexandrians and would love to help you with the ones you get.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5157180, member: 19463"]Severina (wife of Aurelian) year 6 Both coins have clear obverse legends but it can take a bit of practice to learn the Greek letter forms as used on those coins. It also helps to get a list (preferably the book by Emmett) that gives the obverse legends for the various years. In the case of your Severina, that name is preceded by OYΛΠ (Ulpia) as it is on my cleaner but not as well detailed year 7 below. This late, all the coins will be tetradrachms since the AE denominations like the diobol became obsolete after the Severans. [ATTACH=full]1209311[/ATTACH] It is necessary to learn the Greek alphabet AND add a few extra letter forms like the S between E and Z which also served as the number 6 and the 'lunate' sigma which looks like our C. My Severina above is defective in some letters which is just something you have to get used to and not let it trip you up. It is also common for the cross bar in A to be weak or missing making the letter look like a lambda. In this case my H is missing the cross bar and the E in CEB is missing the middle stroke. Perhaps you noticed that the 'year' symbol L was sometimes replaced with the spelled out 'year' ETOYC. Several of us here are very much into Alexandrians and would love to help you with the ones you get.[/QUOTE]
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