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Message:: [QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2575443, member: 31620"]We know that they come from eastern mints that were contemporary with the wars being wages by Septimius in the region during A.D. 193 - A.D. 194. Even this coins of Septimius that have dating information on them are challenging to order into a chronology as we know so little about them. There is a series for Septimius that starts without dating information and moves into COS II. We are fairly sure that these are linked as we can see direct die linkages through the issues. There are other COS II coins that are similar in style but have odd legends and might be from a different mint. Die linkage is important in studying these. There is a separate output with IMP II and IMP VIII which doesn't appear to have die linkage to the COS issues but appears contemporary or nearly so. This might be produced by the same mint (separate workshop) or a separate mint we don't know and lots of theories abound. The Domna output is linked to the Septimius output through die linkage such as illustrated by Doug above where the same reverse die appears for both. We can then use style to link the other Domna coins to this mint. The actual location of the mint(s) is not known as it is not documented. Whether there is one mint, two mints, some fixed mints and some travelling mints is open to debate and study.[/QUOTE]