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Message:: [QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 3272576, member: 96635"]Good interpretations Doug. I think the best is to say, the end of 'Greek' and begin of 'provincial' is when the Greek city became part of a Roman province, however as you say it is quite difficult especially with semi-autonomous coins. A good example is Corcyra, in 229 B.C. Corcyra surrendered to the Romans. However, under Roman protection it was allowed to retain its autonomy (including the mintage of bronze and silver coins), it was a Roman protectorate (the reason of the independence). In 148 B.C. it was however attached to the Roman province of Macedonia. But the weird thing is, it was allowed to mint both silver drachms and bronze coins until 48 B.C. After 48 B.C. it was only allowed to mint semi-autonomous bronze coins. Now, where do we put the end? In 229 B.C.? I would say no because it was still a protectorate.In 148 B.C.? Well, I would say yes and no, because it became part of a Roman province, however, it was still allowed to make autonomous drachms and bronze coins.In 48 B.C.? Well yes and no. It is the end of their autonomous coinage and they continued minting semi-autonomous bronze coins. It's very difficult to say, what is the end of 'Greek' coinage in Corcyra? 148 B.C. or 48 B.C.? It was already part of a Roman province in 148 B.C. but it didn't stop minting autonomous coins until 48 B.C.[/QUOTE]