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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 6458163, member: 87200&quot;]Interesting variations in the depiction of the armor the soldier is wearing - some are full cuirass, another looks like scale armor where another looks like a mail shirt or hauberk. I suppose this varies by mint and die cutter. I keep going back to the Notitia Dignitatum which lists arms factories by city, or <i>fabricae</i>. One city produced lances, another swords, another armor, shields, and so forth. I believe the idea was to have an armory near each legionary command center.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of links:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah03085" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah03085" rel="nofollow">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah03085</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and a bit earlier:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/572898/The_state_factories_fabricae_during_the_time_of_tetrarchy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/572898/The_state_factories_fabricae_during_the_time_of_tetrarchy" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/572898/The_state_factories_fabricae_during_the_time_of_tetrarchy</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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