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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3018470, member: 19463"]I have to give up when experts believe that proving one thing about one coin proves something about all others. One coin or a thousand made outside the mint does not mean there were not others made inside, by workers low or high on the sly or on order from above. Campbell showed that there were several ways fourrees were made. Who? was quite possibly as complex a matter as how. 'Unofficial' was not a mint bound to follow the rules. In the same way, I cringe when experts refer to the way 'the ancients' did anything when they really meant to say they looked at one time and place. </p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic study in all its parts is a continuing effort. I have trouble separating some of the 'unofficial' from the most rare of the branch mints. Recently we have started hearing about mints travelling with the ruler as a possible answer for some coins. There are too many questions and too few resources to support needed investigation. A hundred years ago, experts had not recognized the denarii we now assign to Alexandria. 49 years ago Seaby still slipped one photo in as a Rome mint coin in Roman Silver Coins Septimius as #262 even though the mint was by then well published. Today, most professionals recognize the Septimius Alexandria coins and many even can spot the ones of other rulers (Commodus, Pertinax, Albinus, second legend Domna) only more recently 'discovered'. I do not know if this is mirrored in academic circles. A similar tale could be told regarding coins of Hadrian and a few other less than fully understood series. We make progress because there are those who look at things that are different and seek answers rather than dismissing the questions as beneath their station to notice. I doubt there ever will be an understanding of even a small percentage of 'unofficial' coins as we define them today. That does not mean we know everything worth knowing. The more I learn the less I 'know'.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3018470, member: 19463"]I have to give up when experts believe that proving one thing about one coin proves something about all others. One coin or a thousand made outside the mint does not mean there were not others made inside, by workers low or high on the sly or on order from above. Campbell showed that there were several ways fourrees were made. Who? was quite possibly as complex a matter as how. 'Unofficial' was not a mint bound to follow the rules. In the same way, I cringe when experts refer to the way 'the ancients' did anything when they really meant to say they looked at one time and place. Numismatic study in all its parts is a continuing effort. I have trouble separating some of the 'unofficial' from the most rare of the branch mints. Recently we have started hearing about mints travelling with the ruler as a possible answer for some coins. There are too many questions and too few resources to support needed investigation. A hundred years ago, experts had not recognized the denarii we now assign to Alexandria. 49 years ago Seaby still slipped one photo in as a Rome mint coin in Roman Silver Coins Septimius as #262 even though the mint was by then well published. Today, most professionals recognize the Septimius Alexandria coins and many even can spot the ones of other rulers (Commodus, Pertinax, Albinus, second legend Domna) only more recently 'discovered'. I do not know if this is mirrored in academic circles. A similar tale could be told regarding coins of Hadrian and a few other less than fully understood series. We make progress because there are those who look at things that are different and seek answers rather than dismissing the questions as beneath their station to notice. I doubt there ever will be an understanding of even a small percentage of 'unofficial' coins as we define them today. That does not mean we know everything worth knowing. The more I learn the less I 'know'.[/QUOTE]
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