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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1628507, member: 19463&quot;]Picky as I am I can&#039;t allow this to be called assarion since the size would require it to be either a 4 or 5 assaria piece.&nbsp; some of the cities in the period and region marked denominations but this one is not marked.&nbsp; I could allow it to be called an &#039;aes&#039; meaning simply a copper/bronze/brass coin.&nbsp; I am terribly unclear on how these exchanged with Roman aes (how many would you need to buy a sestertius?).&nbsp; I am also unclear on how the East Provincial coinage interfaced with denarii issued at Eastern mints.&nbsp; Nicopolis was far enough from a denarius mint (perhaps Antioch) that this is less of a question than it might be if we were showing Syrian aes.&nbsp; Often collectors seem to use Roman denomination names when a coin has Latin legends and Greek system names for Greek legends like on this coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t seem to find time to read every post immediately on posting so I apologize for dredging up this earlier matter regarding a very nice coin.&nbsp; Later this thread seemed to turn into a &#039;Show your Elagabalus&#039; so I&#039;ll tack on a few favorites of mine:</p><p>[ATTACH]232212.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]232213.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]232214.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All are Eastern mint denarii showing a bit of a range of styles.&nbsp; Are all Antioch?&nbsp; I simply do not know.&nbsp; I would love to see an updated RIC volume IV that might place such coins in better perspective but I do not expect it to happen in my lifetime.&nbsp; There are many subjects in numismatics that need updating and relatively few people dedicating their lives to the task.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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