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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2747607, member: 31620"]I haven't seen anything that even attempts to make sense of them. There seem to be too few examples in the samples taken to build the references to do anything other than note them. Milne notes them down to obverse legend break combined with the relative positioning which created the maximum number of "types". This is similar to the Alfoldi study of Probus at Siscia where a different number was given to different "captive being trampled by horseman" types based on the location of the shield etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I must admit that I bought a few such variations as I found them, provided they were cheap enough but stopped far short of trying to collect every Milne variation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did start a web page to discuss all these things for these coins but that project has stalled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2747607, member: 31620"]I haven't seen anything that even attempts to make sense of them. There seem to be too few examples in the samples taken to build the references to do anything other than note them. Milne notes them down to obverse legend break combined with the relative positioning which created the maximum number of "types". This is similar to the Alfoldi study of Probus at Siscia where a different number was given to different "captive being trampled by horseman" types based on the location of the shield etc. I must admit that I bought a few such variations as I found them, provided they were cheap enough but stopped far short of trying to collect every Milne variation. I did start a web page to discuss all these things for these coins but that project has stalled.[/QUOTE]
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