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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4692074, member: 19463"]Without it being stated explicitly, I believe RIC divided the three Periods based on style with some reverses being used in more than one period along with other reverses that only come in one style. This is touched upon lightly in the introduction to this section (page 4) but not clearly enough to make me understand it. I have not seen Bastien so I don't know if he is more sharing with information. Several places in RIC we see coins that appear twice indicating they were issued over a period of time. Not always are we given data that makes it clear how to place one coin. Differences like this would be more clear if you had a thousand coins from a hoard spread out before you which is a situation experienced by BM employees an not by me. Remember that RIC was not written to be used by people like us but by members of the museum class. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps if you compared your coin to as many coins of this mint as you can find, you will see which other reverses is matches in portrait style and be able to guess which period it belongs in. Perhaps our Probus specialists can clear this up. I do not have an Abundentia.</p><p>I or II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153694[/ATTACH] </p><p>I or II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153695[/ATTACH] </p><p>II only</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153696[/ATTACH] </p><p>I only</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153697[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The above few coins mean nothing but looking at a hundred coins could be educational. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please, Probus experts, show me where I went astray. Does Bastien make this clear?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4692074, member: 19463"]Without it being stated explicitly, I believe RIC divided the three Periods based on style with some reverses being used in more than one period along with other reverses that only come in one style. This is touched upon lightly in the introduction to this section (page 4) but not clearly enough to make me understand it. I have not seen Bastien so I don't know if he is more sharing with information. Several places in RIC we see coins that appear twice indicating they were issued over a period of time. Not always are we given data that makes it clear how to place one coin. Differences like this would be more clear if you had a thousand coins from a hoard spread out before you which is a situation experienced by BM employees an not by me. Remember that RIC was not written to be used by people like us but by members of the museum class. Perhaps if you compared your coin to as many coins of this mint as you can find, you will see which other reverses is matches in portrait style and be able to guess which period it belongs in. Perhaps our Probus specialists can clear this up. I do not have an Abundentia. I or II [ATTACH=full]1153694[/ATTACH] I or II [ATTACH=full]1153695[/ATTACH] II only [ATTACH=full]1153696[/ATTACH] I only [ATTACH=full]1153697[/ATTACH] The above few coins mean nothing but looking at a hundred coins could be educational. Please, Probus experts, show me where I went astray. Does Bastien make this clear?[/QUOTE]
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