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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3697080, member: 76086&quot;]Exactly why this was so I am not sure.&nbsp; While many references note it, they dont explain exactly why Rome needed to issue separate coinage in Latin for use in the provinces (if I missed it in McAlee, let me know I would like to read up on it).&nbsp; I can only assume that the local mints were unable to produce the numbers needed and Rome provided the supplement (and that is a whole new discussion).</p><p><br /></p><p>RPC and RIC dont mention this series, but McAlee suggests that the griffin types were intended for use in Asia Minor where the griffin was a known type.&nbsp; Why it would have been diverted to Syria is anyones guess.&nbsp; I also read somewhere that the types have been found in the west, so they may have been used in limited fashion domestically.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I checked a number of archives and could only find 8 Hadrian griffins of various types (one sold by Leu erroneously as pegasus).&nbsp; The issue is extremely rare, so I dont see where there will be too many more coming up for sale, but I am sure they are out there.&nbsp; Never ceases to amaze me what one can find at a local coin show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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