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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2966717, member: 19463&quot;]Some &#039;spelling&#039; errors are not really spelling or errors but just the local language getting in the way.&nbsp; We regularly see letter R which is not used in Greek confused with B on coins of &#039;Emesa&#039;.&nbsp; Many later Roman &#039;type styles&#039; used what we would call an H for A.&nbsp; We call him D<b>e</b>lmatius but many coins of the same man show DALMATIUS.&nbsp; I have seen experts blaim this sort of thing on illiterate workers miscopying text but often we have examples of people being literate in the wrong language.&nbsp; Is the coin below of Leo I (Constantinople mint) a spelling error or are you OK with using a lambda for the L?&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]727191[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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