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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;barnaba6, post: 5000301, member: 115816&quot;]DonnaML said: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/goto/post?id=4986818#post-4986818" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/goto/post?id=4986818#post-4986818">↑</a></p><p>I&#039;m a little embarrassed to have to ask this question, but how is the emission number on this, and other coins, determined? There&#039;s no such number on the coin itself, certainly. I&#039;ve often wondered about where that kind of information comes from.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What I would add is that classification of emmissions is to some extent arbitrary due to lack of ancient written sources and represents the subjective opinion of a (modern) scholar who specializes in a particular coinage.&nbsp; These classifications are subject to revision and critique over time, as new hoards appear etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example in the coinage of Probus we still largely rely on the classification of emmissions proposed by Karl Pink in 1949 (except for a few mints where we have newer works, e.g. Pierre Bastien for Lugdunum Mint, Jean Guillemain for Rome mint, Philippe Gysen for Serdica mint etc.).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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