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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2890093, member: 19463&quot;]In all of these coins we have East and West which are generally easier to separate than bad day official and good day imitative.&nbsp; When I started collecting &#039;Emesa&#039; denarii it was not unusual to see them sold as unofficial by dealers who saw &#039;not Rome&#039; and allowed no other option.&nbsp; One &#039;Doctor&#039; told me that Rome mint Severans were the only ones worth collecting anyway because the other mints were trashy.&nbsp; Exactly where we draw the line between official and not is not always clear to me in half of the coins I collect.&nbsp; How may coins of a particular style must we have before we assign it &#039;rare mint&#039; status rather than dismissing it as &#039;contemporary imitation&#039; status.&nbsp; We do not have a single document licensing any of the branch mints by order of the emperor or senate.&nbsp; I assume Septimius knew how many mints he had but I can&#039;t prove that either.&nbsp; I have half a doze coins I really would like to know if were made officially or not.&nbsp; I can show them to a handful of experts (real or self appointed) and get opinions but proof is a different matter. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t like the OP coin but that means nothing about it being official, ancient or anything else.&nbsp; We continue to learn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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