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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3387575, member: 99456&quot;]Hi [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] thank you for asking, I would always say &quot;my working hypothesis&quot; rather than &quot;convinced&quot; - especially as new evidence turns up all the time.&nbsp; I have a lot to learn about how to recognize mints when they aren&#039;t clearly marked on the coin.&nbsp; I need all the advice I can get and I am always grateful for input.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are references to both Rome and Laodicea for a Hilaritas with cornucopia, so ultimately style is how I chose Laodicea (something I am not confident in and trying to get better at seeing).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>RIC (vol IV part 1, 1936):</b> Hilaritas with cornucopia minted in Rome (RIC 556 - 196-211) and in Laodicea <i>&quot;the great rival of Antioch, Laodicea ad Mare, which favored Severus and as a reward was made by him capital of Syria&quot;</i> (RIC 639 196-202) which is in Plate IX-16:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]899833[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>David Sear Roman Coins and Their Values II:</b> lists three Hilaritas under Sept Severus 6585-6587 - only one with &quot;cornucopiae instead of scepter&quot; == RIC 639 Laodicea AD 198 (this makes me wonder - is there someway to determine a more precise date?).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ERIC II:</b>&nbsp; shows 4 Hilaritas Types (58-61) with 58 the only one that is cornucopia without children - and 4 possible mints.&nbsp; The listing of denarii shows two (93 from Laodicea ref RIC 639, and 94 from Roma ref RIC 556)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]899834[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ACSearch:</b> browsing for style, the ones that look to me like mine are frequently linked to RIC 639 (S. Severus); RSC 72 e.g. <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4412875" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4412875" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4412875 </a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>OCRE: </b><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre</a> comparing examples of the two mints and the style leans toward Laodicea for me, but if anything I had some doubt between Rome and Loadicea looking at the small number of examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any suggestions or other thoughts on how to approach unmarked mints more confidently or other resources are much appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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