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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3453698, member: 85693&quot;]This was a very interesting &quot;exercise in attribution&quot; and for a novice at this sort of thing, it is somewhat mind-boggling (I mean this in a good way).</p><p><br /></p><p>It made me look through my own small collection of Severans, and I found only one coin that I think might be from Laodicea.&nbsp; But is it?&nbsp; I attributed it as RIC 336B (Laodicea), but there is one with identical legends and devices for Rome (RIC 25b).&nbsp; I am basing this on OCRE. </p><p><br /></p><p>I made this attribution back in 2017 when I was even more ignorant than I am now.&nbsp; So how do you tell them apart? </p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is - corrections always welcome: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]918105[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla (as Caesar)&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 196-197 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Laodicea ad Mare Mint (or not)</b></p><p>IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MINER VICTRIX, Minerva standing left, holding Victory &amp; spear, shield to left, trophy to right.</p><p>RIC 336b; RSC 159.</p><p>(3.63 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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