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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3194416, member: 83956&quot;]For the record, I do support the notion that a collector may determine the criteria for a “Twelve Caesars” set. I do not believe there are “rules” for that collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that having been said, however, I do have a couple of guidelines for <i>my</i> set. First, I want to collect as many coins in middle bronze (the <i>as</i> denomination) as possible. I know this will be difficult for Julius Caesar and Otho, but for the rest of them it can be done without too much difficulty.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also would prefer to collect official imperial issues, not provincials. Which brings me to my question.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I am trying to determine whether the distinction between imperial and <i>provincial</i> is relevant for the coinage of Augustus</b>. This is somewhat of a time-sensitive query because I am interested in a coin struck at an “uncertain Asian mint” in an auction that closes in a few days. If I win this coin, I’m wondering if it would not be within my self-imposed <i>imperial</i> coinage guidelines, or if these guidelines aren’t relevant for the coinage of Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do know that Augustus reforms coinage in about 23 BC, but I’m not sure to what extent the <i>imperial</i> versus <i>provincial</i> dichotomy was relevant to this reform.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER] was kind enough to send me E.A. Sydenham’s essay on “Coinages of Augustus,” in which he identifies the following mints, which may or may not simplify the matter. Would issues from the senatorial, imperatorial, and imperial mints define non-provincial issues?</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m still trying to read up on the matter. Andrew Burnett, in “Coinage in the Roman World” says that local issues in the west ceased under Augustus at about this time. Does that mean that only coins struck at Rome would be considered official <i>imperial</i> issues, and any coins struck elsewhere for Augustus would be deemed provincial? Or, again, is this dichotomy not particularly relevant for Augustus?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be grateful for any input on the query.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]825314[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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