This coin of
Julia Domna is a puzzler. It is currently in an
auction and I have been puzzling over the
reverse legend, which appears to be TA(I, Y, P or
)(_ _) (N, M or H) PI :Greek_Omega:N.
If one completes the dotted
circle, one sees that there is likely room for one or two letters after the TA-whatever.
The
reverse shows Zeus (?) standing fully facing, holding a lotus-tipped
sceptre.
I have looked in
Leschhorn and
other books, as well as my
Isegrim xls list and my own xls list of
reverse legends, but with no luck.
A
forum friend pointed it out to me via Skype and it is bugging us both.
Any ideas, anyone ?