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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 998128, member: 19463&quot;]Roman Colonial – Gordian III</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Now we must back up a few centuries.&nbsp; While Roman Imperial coins were good across most of the Empire, local authorities were allowed to produce coins, mostly bronzes, for local circulation.&nbsp; Usually they showed the Emperor’s portrait coupled with a reverse of local interest.&nbsp; Legends were usually in Greek but honored colonies were allowed to use Latin.&nbsp; Our example shows Emperor Gordian III (238-244 AD) face to face with the god Serapis and the Great Mother goddess Cybele as issued in Marcianopolis, Thrace (now in Bulgaria).&nbsp; There are thousands upon thousands of varieties of these ‘Greek Imperial’ or ‘Roman Provincial’ coins.&nbsp; The two terms are interchangeable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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