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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8448426, member: 128351&quot;]Byzantine coins mix Latin and Greek letters. This was also frequent on Oriental inscriptions since the 3rd c. AD.</p><p>Try to decide if this Byz. coin (not mine) has legends in Latin or Greek :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1497347[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>+ bASILIOS CE COnStANtIn&#039; PIStY bASILIS ROMEO&#039;</p><p>these are Latin letters but phonetically they form the Greek legend :</p><p>Βασίλιος καὶ Κωνσταντῖν(ος) πίστοι βασιλεῖς Ῥωμαίω(ν).</p><p>&quot;Basilius and Constantine faithful kings of the Romans&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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