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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2117863, member: 19463&quot;]&#039;I&#039; is not 1 but 10.&nbsp; It is a coincidence that I fell there in the alphabet making it easily confused.&nbsp; Gamma is 3 so iota gamma is 13.&nbsp; Greek numerals work like ours except that you have a different symbol for each &#039;place&#039; eliminating the need to keep columns straight.&nbsp; That means PIA or AIP (order makes no difference) each mean 100 + 10 + 1 or 111.&nbsp; They don&#039;t need a space holder zero so PA or AP would be 101.&nbsp; I suggest you learn Greek alphabet for their use in dating and workshop numbers.&nbsp; Some letters used lower case in antiquity while some never did until more modern days.</p><p><img src="http://isopsephy.com/w/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/greeknumbers.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]401241[/ATTACH]</p><p>Between the two reverse heads are the numbers 4,60,400 or 464 in their era making this 152AD.&nbsp; Coins the next year would have replaced the delta with an E. Clear?&nbsp; Prove it:&nbsp; What is E plus H minus A?&nbsp; Did you say IB?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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