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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 962806, member: 19463&quot;]While my favorites have always been the Eastern denarii of Septimius, I am more uncomfortable than ever with the divisions and locations of the Syrian mints including Ancioch, Emesa and Laodicea. This starts with Septimius but does not really get better until they started marking the mint names on coins. Laodicea under Septimius has traditionally been divided into &#039;Old Style&#039; and &#039;New Style&#039; but I&#039;m less than convinced that the two were the same city or that either was actually Laodicea. A lot of it was based on a theory that Antioch was punished for supporting Pescennius Niger and Laodicea received its mint. I&#039;ll be very interested to see what the next edition of RIC does with these coins if a new version comes out in my lifetime. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For now, I&#039;ll post one later &#039;Old Style&#039; </p><p>[ATTACH]91539.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>and earlier &#039;New Style&#039;.</p><p>[ATTACH]91538.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They are IMP VIII and VIIII so they ride the fence between the two making one wonder if we need more than two &#039;Styles&#039; to cover the mint (or mints???). They include some very interesting coins however we divide them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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