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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8183823, member: 19463"]I'd call those a step above 'decent'. There is a lot of variation in the styles from the Pisidian coins of this period. I particularly like your Septimius. I have no Parlais but am fond of my Antioch with a different reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431227[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For my Men, the Antioch style seems quite different making me wonder if some cutters worked in more than one place or if one city made some coins on contract for another. I'm not at all sure how we are going to decide what was going on with these with any degree of certainty.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431228[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one Domna Men but am not sure that it adds anything to the discussion unless in is the inclusion of MENSIS in the right side legend. Note also the inverted D on the obverse suggesting the cutter was not comfortable in Latin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431230[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8183823, member: 19463"]I'd call those a step above 'decent'. There is a lot of variation in the styles from the Pisidian coins of this period. I particularly like your Septimius. I have no Parlais but am fond of my Antioch with a different reverse. [ATTACH=full]1431227[/ATTACH] For my Men, the Antioch style seems quite different making me wonder if some cutters worked in more than one place or if one city made some coins on contract for another. I'm not at all sure how we are going to decide what was going on with these with any degree of certainty. [ATTACH=full]1431228[/ATTACH] I only have one Domna Men but am not sure that it adds anything to the discussion unless in is the inclusion of MENSIS in the right side legend. Note also the inverted D on the obverse suggesting the cutter was not comfortable in Latin. [ATTACH=full]1431230[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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