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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4609872, member: 19463"]This question brings up a matter of opinion. I am making an attempt to stop giving opinions here but it is a fact that some of us consider a coin in the name of Maximus as Caesar under Maximinus to be a coin of Maximinus issued for Maximus. Semantics. This gets a lot harder if you collect coins of the later periods where certain mints were under the control of one Augustus who issued coins in the name of the other Augusti and a pile of lesser persons. Keeping them straight requires me to spend time memorizing lists and updating them when someone writes a paper changing the attribution or assignment of a city for a period when it was taken over by another man. It is easier to catalog coins based on the name written on them but that runs into problems when we see periods like Plantagenet England (the Henry group) and the Parthians. There are few answers that solve all questions. I choose not to let such concerns ruin my enjoyment of the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4609872, member: 19463"]This question brings up a matter of opinion. I am making an attempt to stop giving opinions here but it is a fact that some of us consider a coin in the name of Maximus as Caesar under Maximinus to be a coin of Maximinus issued for Maximus. Semantics. This gets a lot harder if you collect coins of the later periods where certain mints were under the control of one Augustus who issued coins in the name of the other Augusti and a pile of lesser persons. Keeping them straight requires me to spend time memorizing lists and updating them when someone writes a paper changing the attribution or assignment of a city for a period when it was taken over by another man. It is easier to catalog coins based on the name written on them but that runs into problems when we see periods like Plantagenet England (the Henry group) and the Parthians. There are few answers that solve all questions. I choose not to let such concerns ruin my enjoyment of the coins.[/QUOTE]
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