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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3203703, member: 75937"]In the course of looking up a coin in the British Museum collection, I noticed the museum gives as "production place" the following: "<a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1207468&partId=1&searchText=Domna+641&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1207468&partId=1&searchText=Domna+641&page=1" rel="nofollow">Minted in: Antiochia ad Orontem (formerly attributed to Laodicea ad Mare)</a>." On what basis has this change in paradigm been made? What new evidence has come to light to identify Antioch as the mint? [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here's the coin. I'd love to hear your comments or see your "Laodicea mint" coins of the Severan dynasty or anything you deem relevant.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829715[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.44 g, 18.6 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Antioch? Laodicea? AD 196-202 (or later).</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and rudder.</p><p>Refs: RIC 641; BMCRE 604-610; Cohen/RSC 101; RCV 6590; CRE 364.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3203703, member: 75937"]In the course of looking up a coin in the British Museum collection, I noticed the museum gives as "production place" the following: "[URL='http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1207468&partId=1&searchText=Domna+641&page=1']Minted in: Antiochia ad Orontem (formerly attributed to Laodicea ad Mare)[/URL]." On what basis has this change in paradigm been made? What new evidence has come to light to identify Antioch as the mint? [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] ? Anyway, here's the coin. I'd love to hear your comments or see your "Laodicea mint" coins of the Severan dynasty or anything you deem relevant. [ATTACH=full]829715[/ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman AR denarius, 3.44 g, 18.6 mm, 11 h. Antioch? Laodicea? AD 196-202 (or later). Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: LAETITIA, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and rudder. Refs: RIC 641; BMCRE 604-610; Cohen/RSC 101; RCV 6590; CRE 364.[/QUOTE]
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