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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 5272297, member: 75937&quot;]For Roman Imperial and Roman provincial coins, this is how I do it (and there&#039;s more than one way).</p><p><br /></p><p>Emperor/Empress and dates of reign</p><p>I mention &quot;Roman&quot; or &quot;Roman provincial&quot;, then metal, then denomination, then measurements.</p><p>Location of mint and year minted</p><p>Obverse description -- inscription followed by bust description</p><p>Reverse description -- inscription followed by description of image</p><p>References by catalog number; for imperials, I list RIC, BMCRE, Cohen, Sear, and (if applicable) Strack, MIR or others; for provincials, RPC, BMC Greek, Sear, and a host of specialty references, such as AMNG, Varbanov, Ruzicka, Moushmov, SNG Cop, SNG von Aulock, etc, etc. </p><p>Notes if there&#039;s something interesting to say about a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example of a Roman imperial listing:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-i-virtvs-avgg-antoninianus-savoca-jpg.1177916/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Philip I, AD 244-249.</p><p>Roman AR Antoninianus, 23mm, 3.93 g, 7h.</p><p>Rome mint, 5th officina, 8th emission, AD 248.</p><p>Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: VIRTVS AVGG, Philip I and II on horseback galloping right; Є below.</p><p>Refs: RIC IV 10; RSC 241a; RCV 8976; Hunter 43.</p><p>Notes: Issued for the Ludi Novae Saeculares (&quot;Games of the New Age&quot; or the &quot;Millennial Games&quot;) of AD 248, which marked the 1,000th anniversary of Rome&#039;s foundation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example of a Roman provincial listing:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-larissa-jpg.1213109/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ assarion, 6.04 g, 19.2 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Koinon of Thessaly, Larissa, AD 158-165.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ; bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina II, right.</p><p>Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΘЄϹϹΑΛⲰΝ; Athena Itonia in snake-adorned aegis, striding right, brandishing spear and holding shield.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.1 <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4570" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4570" rel="nofollow">4570</a> (temporary); Rogers 98a, SNG Cop 349; SNG Evelpidis 1685; BCD Thessaly II 966.1 &amp; 966.2.</p><p>Notes: Ex-BCD collection. Issued in three denominations: tetrassarion (RPC 4569), diassarion (RPC 4568), and assarion (such as this coin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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