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« Last post by Paul B11 on Today at 04:10:15 pm »
Excuse question number 2, as I work some of these out I see obvious Greek letters including the lunate S, v over o (not gamma but -ou). Using Latin on early obverses and then mixtures for numerals and mint marks etc. threw me off. I’m learning.
Is it true that Theodora worked her name into some of Justinian’s monograms? Two for one. I read that in a history but I don’t know which symbol. You would need a Theta, obviously.
Also, I assume swapping the phi-like symbol and -ov left and right as on some of his coins (monogram 8 and 9) still “works” although I wonder if one is official and the other engraver error.
Edit: Mono 8 and 9 are Justin II, so I think I see evidence of Sophia, especially with the Phi and retained A. I don’t get the K though. I also see a very similar monogram for Justinian with the O and V separate above the N in architecture at his Hagia Sofia masterpiece. I get why it has no Phi or Kappa or v above o now! Still curious about the interchangeability of mono 8 and 9.