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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2257741, member: 19463&quot;]Your coin represents the most common of the Eastern variations.&nbsp; I&#039;d see your decision now is whether you want to upgrade the Emesa or get representative Laodicea and Alexandria.&nbsp; When I did my page on Emesa, I specified six groups of coins from that mint.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/mintsyr.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/mintsyr.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/mintsyr.html</a></p><p>Bickford-Smith defined three periods for Alexandria but no one today has followed up on that and few people would know that.&nbsp; I&#039;m less happy with dividing up Laodicea but certainly there are 4 to 6 major groups.&nbsp; Thenyou need about 5 Domnas.&nbsp; It looks like I&#039;m saying you could do a good set in 20 coins but that does not explain why I have 500. I suspect 5000 might be possible if you go to die level but a complete set is impossible due to the number of unique ones.&nbsp; Enjoy the quest.</p><p><br /></p><p>A thought: It seems wrong to collect Septimius Eastern without adding the Eastern Commodus, Pertinax, Albinus, Domna, Caracalla, Geta, Plautilla and, oh yes, Pescennius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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