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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 840383, member: 19463"]You are welcome but here is the big thing to remember about ancient coins. Next to nothing is 'known'. We have some pretty certaily correct theories but there is usually a discussion on matters with students disputing what has been accepted for years. We are better off remembering not to be too dogmatic. We can never say something does not exist or that something was done for this exact reason. For example there are now people who are disputing the authenticity of the Brutus EID MAR coins - all of them. They believe the existing ones were created for collectors a couple hundred years ago. Others of this find this view verging on ridiculous. There is a lot of emotion when dealing with 50-80 coins selling for $50-500K apiece and considered the most important coin of antiquity. Things are more certain when involving the class of coins I can afford and Diocletian's currency reform is about as well documented as anything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 840383, member: 19463"]You are welcome but here is the big thing to remember about ancient coins. Next to nothing is 'known'. We have some pretty certaily correct theories but there is usually a discussion on matters with students disputing what has been accepted for years. We are better off remembering not to be too dogmatic. We can never say something does not exist or that something was done for this exact reason. For example there are now people who are disputing the authenticity of the Brutus EID MAR coins - all of them. They believe the existing ones were created for collectors a couple hundred years ago. Others of this find this view verging on ridiculous. There is a lot of emotion when dealing with 50-80 coins selling for $50-500K apiece and considered the most important coin of antiquity. Things are more certain when involving the class of coins I can afford and Diocletian's currency reform is about as well documented as anything.[/QUOTE]
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