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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 5191179, member: 91820&quot;]Yes, it is a late reply (a short vacation) but the analysis you have underlying each coin is interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The Alexandrian denarius of Septimius Severus is beautiful but the denarii of the Rome mint (I think) appeared to be more “professionally” done.&nbsp; I have wondered why the second city of the empire made coins that were crude in comparison to not merely Rome but other far smaller cities. It could be that what I think of as crude could be a matter of style. Certainly the eastern denarii of Julia Donna were beautifully done and (IMHO) equal to Rome, whatever “equal” means. Tough to speculate about the motivations and ideals of beauty of the people at this time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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