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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4048679, member: 19463&quot;]The opposite.&nbsp; When Alexandria fell into the control of Septimius they issued the type used at Rome the year before but changed ti legend to honor the local legion III which was Augusta. I assume they saw a Rome mint LEG III ITAL coin but did not understand why they should have dropped the IT from the legend.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have no good idea how much the people there would have known about the names and locations of other legions besides the one stationed nearby.&nbsp; I also wonder if Septimius ever knew or had anything to say about the issuing of coin types at Alexandria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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