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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;barnaba6, post: 6526753, member: 115816&quot;]On the other hand, Antioch and Tripolis were also situated in the east (i.e. in the greek speaking part of the Roman Empire) and yet there are alternating mintmarks in Probus&#039; coinage in those mints depending on the emission and officina (sometimes the latin reform mark XXI and sometimes the greek reform mark KA in exergue). In addition, the XXI mark was actually also used at Serdica but only during the very brief and rare 3rd emission. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why so? I don&#039;t think anybody knows today, really. But I don&#039;t think it was random. There was likely some meaning and intention behind the alternating use of the XXI and KA marks but it simply eludes us after 18 centuries due to lack of written sources.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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