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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7810891, member: 110350&quot;]The Gallienus Zoo Series uses &quot;N&quot; (Nu) for the 9th Officina:</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, Rome Mint, 9th Officina, 10th emission (Göbl), 267-268 AD. Obv. Radiate cuirassed bust right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Hippocamp swimming right, NEP-TVNO CONS AVG; in exergue, N [= Nu, for 9th Officina). RIC V-1 245, RSC IV 668 (ill.), Wolkow 23i9, Bust Type B3, Ribbons Type 3 [Cédric Wolkow, <i>Catalogue des monnaies romaines - Gallien - L&#039;émission dite &quot;Du Bestiaire&quot; - atelier de Rome</i> (BNumis, édition 2019). at p. 87], Göbl MIR [<i>Moneta Imperii Romani</i>] Band 36, No. 743b, Sear RCV III 10292. 19 mm.,&nbsp; g.&nbsp; <i>Purchased from Akropolis Ancient Coins, May 2021.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341792[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one coin that does use a Theta for the 9th Officina:</p><p><br /></p><p>Eastern Roman Empire, Arcadius, 383-408 AD, AV Solidus 397-402 AD, Constantinople Mint (9th Officina). Obv. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing three-quarters right, holding spear over right shoulder and shield on left arm bearing image of horseman right; D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG / Rev. Helmeted Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, with right knee bare and right foot resting on prow, holding long scepter with right hand and, on left hand, Victory with wreath standing on globe; CONCORDI-A AVGG Θ [Theta, for 9th Officina]; in exergue, CONOB [for Constantinople Mint]. RIC X 7 at. p. 240 (1994); Dumberton Oaks Catalogue, Late Roman 207-217 (217 = 9th Officina) and Plate 8 [P. Griessen. &amp; M. Mays, <i>Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, etc.</i> (1992)]; Sear RCV V 20706 (ill. p. 431) (1994). 20 mm., 4.44 g. <i>Purchased from Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Frankfurt, Germany, 1 April 2021. Ex. Auktionen Münzhandlung Sonntag Auktion 33 Lot 36 (23.11. 2020); ex. Auktion 116 München Münzhandlung Karl Kreß [Kress](Otto Helbing Nachfolger), Lot 729 (28.10.1960).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341794[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Two coins that use VIIII for 9:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars right, control-number (L[in archaic form of upside-down T]XXXVIIII = 89) behind/ Rev. She-wolf standing left with right front paw raised, ROMA above, P. SATRIE-NVS in two lines below. RSC I Satriena 1, Crawford 388/1b, Sear RCV I 319 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 15 at pp. 92-97, BMCRR Rome 3209-3237 [<i>no entry for control no. 89; cf. 3236 (no. 99)</i>]. 18 mm., 3.87 g., 3 hr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341795[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 201 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS - PIVS AVG / Rev. Trophy with two Parthian captives seated at its base, facing outwards, with their hands supporting their heads, PART MAX P M - TR P VIIII. RIC IV-1 176, RSC III 370, Sear RCV (1988 ed.) 1767, BMCRE 356. 19 mm., 3.49 g. (<i>Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 212th Buy or Bid Sale, August 2020<b>, </b>Lot 153<b>; </b>Ex. Philip Ashton Collection, acquired Jan. 1998</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341796[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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