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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 3114451, member: 10613"]“His use of the letters S.C. on many of his bronze coins…show how closely he associated himself with the religion and customs of the Imperial City. It is probable that the letters S.C. refer to the Senate of Rome, and not to any like assembly convened in Gaul, particularly as many of his bronze coins do not bear this senatorial mark, which would hardly have been omitted if there had been a local senate charged with the issue of them. It may be that the marked coins are earlier than those which are unmarked, but this suggestion is speculative only.” Percy Webb RIC V pg 332- 333.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For a good book on this period and the coinage see J.F. Drinkwater </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The Gallic Empire: </b>separatism and continuity in the north-western provinces of the Roman Empire, A.D. 260-274[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 3114451, member: 10613"]“His use of the letters S.C. on many of his bronze coins…show how closely he associated himself with the religion and customs of the Imperial City. It is probable that the letters S.C. refer to the Senate of Rome, and not to any like assembly convened in Gaul, particularly as many of his bronze coins do not bear this senatorial mark, which would hardly have been omitted if there had been a local senate charged with the issue of them. It may be that the marked coins are earlier than those which are unmarked, but this suggestion is speculative only.” Percy Webb RIC V pg 332- 333. For a good book on this period and the coinage see J.F. Drinkwater [B] The Gallic Empire: [/B]separatism and continuity in the north-western provinces of the Roman Empire, A.D. 260-274[/QUOTE]
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