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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4977618, member: 19463&quot;]This coin illustrates another point about our coins.&nbsp; There is a less than well defined line between what we call &#039;official&#039; branch mint products and what we term &#039;barbarous&#039;.&nbsp; Even with findspots, we can have trouble proving where something was made especially considering the considerable movements of military units in the early Severan period.&nbsp;&nbsp; To me, the frightening part is that I have not made a conscious effort to seek out variations on the theme from the civil war period (Pescennius through the punitive Parthian period).&nbsp; I would not be at all shoked to learn that there will be a considerable reevaluation of the whole question of what coinage was authorized by Septimius and what should be termed imitative.&nbsp; At my level, the coins below are confusing.&nbsp; I hope there is someone out there studying the matter in earnest. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196019[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196020[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196021[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196022[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196023[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196024[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196026[/ATTACH] </p><p>This one is AE but denarius size.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196027[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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