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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1306936, member: 19463&quot;]Neither the Antioch nor the Alexandria coins are rare but some dealers ask a premium for them because of the two headed design.&nbsp; The CNG link provoded above shows that the coins of Zenobia alone are the ones to watch for in junk boxes.&nbsp; Did anyone notice the spelling of the boy&#039;s name is different on each coin.&nbsp; With Aurelian he is Vabalathus but when striking alone at Antioch he was Vhabalathus.&nbsp; At Alexandria the Greek form has a double lambda Vaballathus.&nbsp; Of course not all coins of Alexandria are easy to read but you can count the letter bumps and see that is the case. </p><p><br /></p><p>Trivia:&nbsp; Other than Vabalathus, what other Romans on coins are known for spelling their names more than one way?&nbsp; Different abbreviations don&#039;t count.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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