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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3730955, member: 19463&quot;]This is the big difference.&nbsp; It was a great honor to be a Colony rather than just a city in a Province.&nbsp; Colonies were allowed to strike coins with Latin legends&nbsp; Most will have COL in the reverse legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Provincials (with a few Major exceptions) bear a reverse legend spelling out the genitive plural &quot;of the people of&nbsp; xxxxx&quot;.&nbsp; Imperials rarely named a place where the coin was minted until Diocletian&#039;s reform ended Provincial coins everywhere and started the mintmarking by city.&nbsp; Again there are a few exceptions but those tended to use initials rather than spelling out the city.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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