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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3228428, member: 84744&quot;]All hail the Piglet! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]842466[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a note on mine that it was struck in northern Italy, where Metellus Pius was fighting for Sulla, but your note says a Spanish mint.&nbsp; Looking at Wikipedia, it seems to depend on the timing.&nbsp; In 82, he was in northern Italy; but in 80 (as consul) he was in Spain.&nbsp; He served as Monetalis from 82 to 80.&nbsp; I&#039;m thinking Italy is more likely, just because his term as Monetalis presumably ended when he became consul?&nbsp; But when was he named Imperator, as (apparently) indicated on this coin?&nbsp; The only occasion mentioned in Wikipedia is the victory over Sertorius in Spain... in 75!&nbsp; I am puzzled...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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