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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4465172, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting coin.&nbsp; That lousy &quot;B&quot; might actually be a &quot;D&quot;.&nbsp; I have a Volusian antoninianus from Antioch that puzzled me the same way.&nbsp; The terrific site Four Bad Years notes: </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Misspelled UDERITAS, a common error existing on many dies and mentioned in nearly every book that discusses this series.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/Volusian%20Antioch%20First%20and%20Second%20Issues.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/Volusian%20Antioch%20First%20and%20Second%20Issues.htm" rel="nofollow">http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/Volusian Antioch First and Second Issues.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This type of misspelling seems to be more of an Antioch phenomenon.&nbsp; Anyway, here is mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112069[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Volusian - Æ Antoninianus </b></p><p><b>(251-253 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Antioch Mint - Officina 4</b></p><p>IMP C V AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG,&nbsp; radiate, draped bust right 4 dots below/</p><p>VDERITAS (misspelt) AVG, Uberitas standing left w/ purse and cornucopiae, 4 dots below. </p><p>(3.10 grams / 25 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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