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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2305129, member: 42773"]Prieur cites H. R. Baldus' Moneta Urbis - Antioxia, Peus, Frankfurt, 1969. "His hypothesis that these coins were minted in Rome, with MON VRB standing for MONETA VRBIS is now widely accepted. This was confirmed when A. Burnett demonstrated that the same organization existed for Alexandria under Severus Alexander..." (Prieur, p. 53) Although Baldus' text is readily available, it is in German, which I don't read. Burnett's article is in ANS Museum Notes 1983, however, and I just ordered it, so I'll report back. We do know of other issues, particularly during the reign of Trajan, where coins were minted in Rome for use in Syria. The MON VRB series is the only only one that uses officina letters, which as Prieur notes, mirrors the production of antoniniani at Rome. But I don't see any difference in style between the supposedly-Rome and Antioch issues - maybe I'll order Baldus as well and do my best with a German dictionary. I'd like to get at least a gist of his arguments. But Doug, there is something VERY interesting about your coin as well. Of the coins with reverse legend ending in YΠATO Δ, Prieur says, "These coins are the only evidence for a fourth consulate for Philip I, as no coins are known in the West with more than three consulates. We have allocated them to the year 249, as the third consulate is known to have been in 248."[/QUOTE]