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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 4316924, member: 58462&quot;]As those who know him would expect, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] is correct on all accounts. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin is a Vespasian Didrachm.[ATTACH=full]1097494[/ATTACH]</p><p>O: AYTOKPA KAICAP OYЄCΠACIANOC CЄBACTOC. (Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus)</p><p>R: AYTO KAI OYЄCΠACIANOC CЄBACTOY YIOC. (The Son of Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus)</p><p><br /></p><p>I did the translation years back when i purchased the coin but it was from deciphering auction listings, not because I actually read the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is Caius Cestius Gallus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097522[/ATTACH] </p><p>SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (30.5mm, 15.36 g, 12h). </p><p>Caius Cestius Gallus, legatus Syriae. Dated year 115 of the Caesarean Era (AD 66/7). </p><p>O: Laureate head right; coiled serpent to right. IM • NER • CLAV • CAESAR</p><p>R: ЄΠI ΓAIOY KЄCTIO Y ΛNTIO ЄT • ЄIP in five lines within wreath (In the magistracy of Gaius Cestius, Antioch, year 115)</p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine ΛNTIO is Antioch and I know ET is an abbreviation for year and that EIP = P-100, I-10, E-5 hence 115.&nbsp; However, I&#039;m just taking the auction houses word for the rest and that&#039;s why I would like to read it for myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any education![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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