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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1307157, member: 5682&quot;]Good pick up. I imagine that part of the problem was that Vabalathus was the Latinized form of his Arabic name Wahb Allat. (source: Wikipedia, for whatever that is worth <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />ld-guy-smile<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not the answer you were searching for, but: :smile</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Alexandrian and Antioch mint coins use the Greek names instead of the Latin ones. Here are just two examples of many, I&#039;m sure:</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Year 3 = 277-278 AD. A K M AVP P<b>PO-BOC</b> CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right / LG, Eirene standing left holding olive branch and sceptre:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]146927.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I, potin tetradrachm Alexandria, 245-246 AD (Year 3). 12.52 g. A K M IOU <b>FILIPPOC</b> EU CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right / L-G, Asklepios standing left by altar, holding patera and serpent-entwined staff. Dattari 4861. BMC 1953. Milne 3586</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]146929.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coins and images from wildwinds.com</p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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