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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1986867, member: 19463"]After looking at this post and the other materials available to me, I lost all interest in the names of the mint cities and feel the next step for me is to figure out how to separate the coins by 'mint one', 'mint two' and 'mint three'.  I read the words about curly and straight and combed back and covering but when I look at my coins of the ruler, I do not see them jumping into piles distinct from one another.  I'd also have to see some suggestion as to why these differences are due to mint locations rather than side by side die cutters, date or some other explanation.  I assume there have been studies of hoards that suggest one mint is north or south of the other but my eyes are not seeing the differences I see in Rome vs. Emesa vs. Alexandria with Septimius or Antioch vs. Rome with several other rulers.  Perhaps someone with a grasp on the subject can produce a series of photos with arrows pointing out what I should be seeing that I am not. All same or some different?  Oriens has a P in field and may have different style???[ATTACH=full]355183[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355184[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355186[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355188[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355189[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355190[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355191[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355192[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]