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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;R*L, post: 3168020, member: 96878&quot;]That&#039;s an interesting coin Ancient Aussie! I have a couple of these, although both have the ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ in line with the standards so not directly comparable to yours (but since the opportunity presents, I have posted the better of my examples below anyway <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) and I couldn&#039;t see another example similar to yours&nbsp; in a brief online search [edit for clarity* that is, with a &quot;W&quot; shaped character instead of a Ω].</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the &quot;W&quot; shaped character on your coin is just a slip by the engraver. But it is interesting that it appears where you would expect Ω, as it is similar to the character for what is now a lowercase Ω (ω). I don&#039;t think that the Greeks started using a lower case in the manner it is used now until the early medieval period, but according to the font of all (mostly accurate) knowledge - Wikipedia, ω existed as an alternative form of Ω much earlier:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>The modern lowercase shape goes back to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncial" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncial" rel="nofollow">uncial</a> form <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greek_uncial_Omega.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greek_uncial_Omega.svg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Greek_uncial_Omega.svg/22px-Greek_uncial_Omega.svg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>, a form that developed during the 3rd century BC in ancient handwriting on papyrus, from a flattened-out form of the letter (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greek_Omega_08.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greek_Omega_08.svg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Greek_Omega_08.svg/13px-Greek_Omega_08.svg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>) that had its edges curved even further upward.</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if the engraver made a conscious decision to use that form instead of the standard one?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]814592[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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