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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 3943209, member: 104887&quot;]Hi @<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/tartanhill.93472/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/tartanhill.93472/">tartanhill</a>,</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, at this point we don&#039;t really know beyond the fact that these are not mint marks (ie designating where minted), and not dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>These AE coins come in groups (&#039;series&#039;) using the same or very similar controls for each &quot;issue&quot;. Some times there is proof that the series were simultaneous or overlapping to some extent. Letters like these could be tied to specific mint officials (I&#039;m not keen on this but that&#039;s what Svoronos thought), or particular releases of bullion to be used for a series. The controls might let the higher ups see which coins came from which batch, or which officina, or which mint steward, or which authorization of funds. I once corresponded with a dear scholar (who passed on too soon), going back and forth on if special issues of coins were based on an amount of metal authorized for coining, or on a number of pieces to be coined, or set number of dies to use, or a set number of&nbsp; talents that should be issued. I wonder if we will ever stumble on a papyrus authorizing X talents of copper to be minted with the mark of &quot;E&quot; on it. One can only hope.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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