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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2594806, member: 19463&quot;]Victor is certainly right about the digamma from Cyzicus but we must toss in this coin of Trier with TRS mintmark where the S indicates secunda or 2nd shop.&nbsp; We can&#039;t tell everything from one coin.&nbsp; Trier, at the time, was using a two shop system Prima and Secunda while Cyzicus has six lettered by Greek numerals one through six or A through S.&nbsp; The point is you have to look at the big picture before we can make the call correctly.&nbsp; So, is there an example where S does mean sexta?&nbsp; Some mints dodged the problem of Secunda and Sexta both starting with an S by using P S T Q V and VI (V for five was needed because the Q of quinta and quarta problem).&nbsp; The one I can&#039;t call is Rome which for a while used P B T Q E and S.&nbsp; P, T and Q were ordinals in Latin while the B and E were Greek numerals.&nbsp; Was the S Sexta or the digamma?&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]565349[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a Rome S meaning six.&nbsp; Want list item?&nbsp; What is the RS coin below?&nbsp; No, it is a shop two because when it was issued Rome only used five shops so S was Secunda=2 in a PSTQE system.&nbsp; The thought process when they opened the sixth shop and moved to B=2 is wholly beyond me. You <i>gotta luv</i> those Romans! </p><p>[ATTACH=full]565354[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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