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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2341890, member: 19463&quot;]Unlike 2016, the Roman system will require the reader to learn the system for each ruler.&nbsp; TRP usually refers to a year and is incremented every year but some rulers started on the date of their accession while others changed at January 1 (or another date).&nbsp; Consul always refers to a number of times it was held but since most rulers only held that office periodically it only indicates a range with COS II meaning sometime between the time he held his second Consulship and when he assumed his third. </p><p><br /></p><p>The old fashioned Sear <b>Roman Coins and their Values</b> (not Millennium) included a chart for each ruler giving the dates for the various dating legends making it easier to follow the devices as used for that ruler.&nbsp; I recommend everyone have an old fashioned one volume Sear for this easy reference feature if for nothing else.&nbsp; Unfortunately that chart says TRP IIII for Gallienus was 256 while COS III was 257.&nbsp; Perhaps there is error or perhaps the Consulship shown here was what other rules might have listed as COS DES III indicating the intent to assume a consulship the following January.&nbsp; I do not know.&nbsp; We are talking about a 25 year old book that sells now for under $10 so you will have to read critically but anyone who has outgrown theirs can send it to me.&nbsp; Mine is rather worn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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