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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3007277, member: 19463&quot;]This thread also illustrates a problem with the photos we show.&nbsp; Few of us show scale.&nbsp; Alexandrian tetradrachms decreased in diameter gradually through the third century.&nbsp; A real expert (not I) could probably place a hundred coins in order of issue with reasonable accuracy simply because the Severans of 200 and the Tetrarchs of the last years vary greatly in size.&nbsp; Even a relative beginner to the series will soon learn that a coin of Elagabalus is considerably chunkier in every dimension than is a late period Diocletian/Maximianus/Constantus/Galerius.&nbsp; We also can eliminate coins based on other clues.&nbsp; A coins showing year three can not belong to a ruler who did not last over two.&nbsp; A coin dated year 30 has a <u>very</u> limited number of possible issuers.&nbsp; Coins starting with AVTO or AK (Autokrator and Autokrator Caesar) will be Augusti and not junior Caesars or women.&nbsp; Follow the clues and it all becomes a bit easier after a while.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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