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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2857041, member: 88829&quot;]Perfect!! Thank you Mat, now the light has come on.&nbsp; Hadn&#039;t noticed that the rest of the lettering is in Greek, except for the Senatorial &quot;SC.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Since the issue was being struck particularly for circulation in a Greek speaking part of the empire, the numerals for the officinae are Greek, even when they resemble Latin letters.&nbsp; So the &quot;A&quot; is not A, it is alpha.&nbsp; This aspect of the function of the mint at Rome is new to me (actually it is I who am the newby) and I thank you for opening me up to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still trying to puzzle out the reverse inscription which reads as &quot;demarkh exousias,&quot; as in tribunician authority?&nbsp; By the authority of the tribune?&nbsp; Anyone familiar with this Greek expression?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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