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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2373891, member: 42773&quot;]Have any of you ever tried to actually decipher the idiosyncratic Greek on Baktrian drachms? If you go to Wildwinds, or other resources, the obverse legend is listed as BASILEWS MEGALOU SWTHROS KAI FILOPATOROS APOLLODOTOU. Those are the words anyway - if you take a close look at the coins there are some very interesting variations.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]485728[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1. BAΣIΛEΩΣ is spelled BAΣIΛIΩΣΣ, with an I as the 6th letter and two sigmas. I wonder if the extra sigma is an error.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. MEΓAΛOY is abbreviated as MEΓO. Omegas are spelled as dots, as on certain Seleucid inscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. ΣΩTEPOΣ is abbreviated as ΣPO.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. On this coin, the K of KAI is missing - another error?</p><p><br /></p><p>5. ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ is completely spelled out in proper Greek.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. AΠOΛΛOΔOTOY is completely spelled out, but retrograde to the rest of the inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting, n&#039;est pas?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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