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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3647746, member: 44316&quot;]Here is a Treb Gallus from Antioch--a tetradrachm:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]979648[/ATTACH]</p><p>26 mm. 12.41 grams.</p><p>AVTOK K Γ OVIB TPЄB ΓAΛΛOC CЄB</p><p>Autokrater [Imperator] Kaiser Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Sebastos [Augustus]</p><p><br /></p><p>ΔHMAPX ЄΞOVCIAC&nbsp; (Trib Pot = 251)</p><p><br /></p><p>Two dots below the bust and B on the reverse refer to the second officina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prier 659. McAleee 1173b &quot;first issue.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, if you want to include Greek letters when you write to CT and you don&#039;t have a better way, you can copy them from this page (bookmark it):</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/Greekletters.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/Greekletters.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/Greekletters.html</a></p><p>I find the rounded &quot;Є&quot; to be pleasing, &quot;E&quot; is just not the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S.&nbsp; Portraits on Roman provincial coins are interesting, but so is deciphering the Greek lettering. I find &quot;Roman Provincial Coins&quot; by Kevin Butcher to be the most useful book for understanding provincials.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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