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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3745969, member: 72790&quot;]Most of us have Roman Provincial bronzes in our collections and most of these are from Eastern mints, usually, but not always with inscriptions in Greek. But some provincials were issued in the western imperium, in Latin. Now I don&#039;t mean those coins issued before Roman takeover such as the coins of Celtic Britain or Gaul or Celt-Iberian Spain but rather issued by some Roman authority, but not part of the regular issue of imperial mints. The one of that kind that comes most immediately to mind is the series of Dupondius or As coinage of Lugdunum with Augustus and Agrippa on one side and the palm and chained crocodile on the other. I have one (not pictured) that weighs 11.8 grams. They average about 11 grams in weight and seem to have circulated, at least locally, at the same value of the imperial brass. In addition to that issue, two cities in Spain, Celsa (Lepida) and Segobriga issued bronze coins with the images of several of the early emperors. In weight they were very close to the bronze coming from the official imperial mints. For example the Augustus As pictured here with the big SC on the reverse weighs in at 10.6 grams and this is average for these coins, The one from Celsa (Lepida) in Spain, with the lovely green patina, with Augustus on the obverse weighs 10.8 grams and the bronze of Caligula from Segobriga is 11.7 grams, which is quite close to the weight of the bronze Asses of Tiberius and Caligula from Rome..</p><p><br /></p><p>What I wonder about these Latin inscribed Western provincial coins is, did they circulate outside of their provincial origins side by side with the regular imperial mint issues and at the same value, one AS, or if they circulated there at all, was it at a discount? Are they ever found in hoards or in situ with the regular issued bronze in other parts of the empire other than the provinces they were issued in? Any insight on this topic much appreciated.[ATTACH=full]1004738[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1004739[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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