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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4496566, member: 75937&quot;]You are VERY close with your translation of Greek into Latin. You have the obverse legend absolutely correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>The YΠATO ς on the reverse legend is translated correctly as COS VI because in Greek, the term for <i>consul</i> is <i>hypatos</i> (ὕπατος), which translates as &quot;supreme one.&quot; But the term ΔHMAPX ЄΞ is puzzling to me. The Greek δημαρχικός means <i>tribunician</i> specifically, but the term δήμαρχος refers to the president of a δῆμος, who managed its affairs, or more generally to the governor of a people. ЄΞ is <i>hex</i>, the word for <i>six</i>, written out long-hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>It can&#039;t mean TR P VI in this context, because when Trajan was Consul for the sixth time, he held the titles of TR P XVI-XXI, far higher than TR P VI.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps ΔHMAPX ЄΞ refers to the local governor of the city that issued the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>We know the coin must date to AD 114-16 because Trajan has the title of APICTѠ (Optimus) on this coin, but not the title of Parthicus, received in AD 116.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an imperial issue of his with a camel:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115429[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.35 g, 18.3 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 103-111.</p><p>Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust, right, with drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Arabia, draped, standing left, holding branch in right hand over camel walking left before her and a bundle of canes (?) in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 142; BMCRE 297-299; Cohen 89; Sear --; ERIC II 400.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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