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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3785540, member: 96898&quot;]Not bad! Your coin is from the Antioch mint (RIC V Probus 922; see <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.922" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.922" rel="nofollow">here</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>The H on the reverse means that this coin was produced by the 8th <i>officina</i> (workshop) of the mint. The H or eta is the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The XXI probably means that your coin was struck from an alloy of twenty parts copper and one part silver. You can find more information on this <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac73xxi.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac73xxi.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have your coin&#039;s &quot;cousin&quot; from the Tripolis mint. The KA on my coin is the Greek way of writing &quot;20:1&quot; or &quot;XXI.&quot; K is the Greek numeral for 20, A stands for 1:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010842[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Probus, Roman Empire, AE antoninian (traces of silvering), 276–282 AD, Tripolis mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP. Emperor standing right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving pileus from Jupiter, holding sceptre. Crescent in lower centre; in exergue, KA. 23 mm, 4.13 g. Ref: RIC V-2, 928 (crescent).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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