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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7953903, member: 84744&quot;]Those are fabulous and interesting coins, and I don&#039;t blame you in the least for keeping both, especially given the disparate styles.&nbsp; Very cool!&nbsp; Thanks for posting them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a fascinating theory!&nbsp; How does it fit with the alleged concentration of victoriatus finds in southern Italy and southern Gaul, presumably because of their rough equivalence to the contemporary drachm standard?&nbsp; If victoriati were the predominant Roman silver coinage for several years, wouldn&#039;t we expect a more widespread distribution?&nbsp; I suppose the concentration of military operations in southern Italy from 215-211 would explain the prevalence of finds there, but why Gaul?&nbsp; Or are the Gaulish finds from separate, later issues?&nbsp; (Probably betraying my ignorance here.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my 44/1 victoriatus, with its odd indeterminacy between skirt and greaves:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378539[/ATTACH] </p><p>Earlier you indicated to me that this was probably one of the earlier victoriati.&nbsp; Perhaps I should date it c. 215 now![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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