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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2722943, member: 56859&quot;]I wonder the same thing.&nbsp; Going through Emmett&#039;s book, at a glance there doesn&#039;t seem to be any rhyme or reason for which years were sometimes spelled out.&nbsp; It might be fun analyze the occurrence and distribution to see if it suggests any reasons (but I doubt it would).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of my Roman Egyptian coins with spelled-out years.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t counted but the percent of spelled-out dates relative to my total number of Roman Egyptian coins is probably ~5%.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d6c50b3a3ca24add9f6d16be88795bdd~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p>BI tetradrachm; 26 mm, 12.6 gm</p><p>Regnal year <b><span style="color: #0000ff">11</span></b> (CE 126/7)</p><p>Obv: AVTKAI TPAIAΔPIA CEB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev: <b><span style="color: #0000ff">L</span></b> <b><span style="color: #0000ff">ENΔ EKATOV</span></b>: Canopus of Osiris right</p><p>Ref: Emmett 827.11, R3; Milne 1205</p><p><br /></p><p>L connotes year.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know why the symbol is a L rather than an E (ETOVC).&nbsp; Does anyone here know?&nbsp; ENΔEKATOV is eleven.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_39439c22246047c88a0c256c1d3407f7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 2, CE 138/9</p><p>tetradrachm, 24 mm, 12.63 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AVTKTAIΛAΔPANTωNINOCEVCEB, bare head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #0000ff">ETO VCB</span></b>, canopus of Osiris right on cushion</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1373 (2), R1</p><p><br /></p><p>This one spells out word year (ETOVC) instead of the spelling out the number.&nbsp; B is 2 in the usual alpha for numeric A, B, Γ, Δ.../1, 2, 3, 4... scheme.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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