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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3436700, member: 85693&quot;]A very interesting post - like so many of you, I sort of backed into Provincials from the Imperials.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got off on the wrong foot with Provincials because of the generosity of an eBay seller - c. 2013 I bought a low-grade Imperial denarius and the seller, sent for free, this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]912479[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla&nbsp; Æ 22</b></p><p><b>(c. 198-217 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rom. Prov. - Macedonia, Stobi </b></p><p>M AVREL ANTONVS AV, laureate head right / MVNI STOB, Nike advancing left carrying wreath and palm.</p><p>Moushmov 6553; AMNG 15v.</p><p>(8.18 grams / 22 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not the loveliest Provincial I own, but it has a nice green patina and is generally not bad - especially for free - I thanked the seller profusely.&nbsp; However, I was under the impression that Provincials were so common and so uncollectable that they were givin&#039; &#039;em away!&nbsp; This incorrect impression colored my estimation of what one should pay for these.</p><p><br /></p><p>But over the past 2 years I&#039;ve found myself increasingly charmed by Provincials and also found that Provincials from Stobi are not exactly growing on trees (thanks again, eBay seller!).&nbsp; Here are a few recent finds:</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a lot of Provincials I got on eBay - the top 2 I posted elsewhere, because I was having trouble finding them - Aelia Capitolina from Elagabalus is where I am at now - any clarifications &amp; corrections appreciated.&nbsp; The bottom one is, I think:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macrinus and Diadumenian</b></p><p><b>(217-218 A.D.)&nbsp; Æ 18</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria <b>Antiochia ad Orontem&nbsp; </b></b></p><p>[AVKMO] C MAKΡINOC C Laureate head of Macrinus r. / KAI M O ΔIA ANTΩNINOC</p><p>Bare-headed bust, draped and cuirassed, of Diadumenian r., S C at sides.</p><p>BMC 404-405.</p><p>(3.26 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]912481[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, this tet from Alexandria for Aurelian &amp; Vallabathus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]912482[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Egypt&nbsp; Potin Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>Aurelian and Vaballathus</b></p><p><b>Year 2/5 (271-272 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint </b></p><p>AK Λ ΔOM AYΡHΛIANOC CEB, bust of Aurelian r., LB r. / YABAΛΛAΘOC AΘHNOV</p><p>AVTCΡΩ, bust of Vaballathus right. L-E across fields.</p><p>Emmett 3914; Milne 4330.</p><p>(9.42 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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