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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1958382, member: 19463&quot;]Yes, but....&nbsp; Standard references do not recognize the non-Roman mints and many sellers will look up a coin in some book and let it go at that.&nbsp; Look at Sear Millennium edition under Claudius and all bronzes are give as Rome mint.&nbsp; The ones shown are all Rome.&nbsp; In 2000 (&#039;Millennium Edition&#039;) the coins now assigned to branch, Spanish or other mints were considered possibly barbarous except by a few students who recognized that there was a pattern to the coins that &#039;barbarous&#039; did not cover.&nbsp; High end dealers (the kind that Sear would go to for images of great coins to illustrate his books) usually did not trade in such things.&nbsp; </p><p>Today, dealers whose only reference is Sear or RIC will show off their level of expertise by listing all Claudius coins as Rome mint.&nbsp; Many are still right since some dealers still avoid coins with that Gallic/Spanish/unofficial look.&nbsp; Other dealers are starting to recognize the difference.&nbsp; When there is a new RIC and a new Sear listing these varietal mints, more dealers will fall in line with the new assignments.&nbsp; Meanwhile, be happy the coins you are buying are genuine.&nbsp; If you must have current scholarship, patronize dealers with large libraries and a staff of experts who keep up with recent scholarship in ten languages.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m starting to think the extra cost of some major sellers might just be worth the difference.&nbsp; How much extra should I pay to be able to buy from someone I know knows more than I do?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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