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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2553261, member: 56859&quot;]Given that I haven&#039;t looked at Severan Imperials from a specialist standpoint, but knowing that Doug is enamored of Eastern mints, my starting assumption is that this puzzle revolves around distinguishing Rome mint emissions from Eastern mint emissions.</p><p><br /></p><p>If that is correct and given the four coins, one is probably from Rome, one from Emesa, one from Laodicea-ad-Mare, and one from Alexandria.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure why two reverses were included but suspect that either there is some artistic clue between Rome vs Eastern, or that the reverse deity/person/personification in one or both is specific its respective mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>1 (reverse) is a female (I don&#039;t know who but not Roma, not Alexandria)</p><p>6 (reverse) is a male&nbsp; (Genius sacrificing??)</p><p>Reverse 1 looks like it goes with obverse 4, based on fabric</p><p>Reverse 6&#039;s obverse match, if it has one in the composite,not sure; maybe obverse 2</p><p><br /></p><p>If these general assumptions are correct so far, then the puzzle is to determine the odd man out, which would be the coin struck in Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that several of you can identify the mint by portrait style but I cannot do so yet.&nbsp; Obverse 2&#039;s portrait style looks more familiar to me, so that is my guess for the Rome mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, my guess is that obverse 2 (with reverse 6?) is a Rome issue and is the odd man out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every assumption I made is probably wrong... except for the obvious fact that Doug is an Eastern Severan Nut.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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