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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2757037, member: 19463&quot;]I wish I could agree with the Owl=Minerva, Victoriola=Roma theory but I&#039;ll say it usually works but not always.&nbsp; Roma never has an owl as far as I have seen but Minerva comes both ways as shown on the MINER VICT first below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]632721[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>MINER VICTR</p><p>[ATTACH=full]632720[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Neither MINERVI CTRIC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]632722[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>ROMAE AE(TERNA)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]632717[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, using Emesa mint Septimius as evidence for how the Romans did things is wholly ridiculous.&nbsp; After all they made the coin below with POMA which made a lot more sense to the Greek speakers at the mint.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]632723[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to see an example of a coin marked Roma with the owl if anyone has one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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