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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3732319, member: 75937&quot;]&quot;Roman&quot; means they were struck during Roman times and within the Roman empire, but &quot;provincial&quot; is the key word. They were struck in the provinces for local use. Therefore, they almost always have the name of the city where they were struck on them. Typically, they depict one or more members of the imperial family on the obverse and the name of the city on the reverse. Sometimes, the name of a local moneyer is also given. A couple of examples should clarify things:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000754[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 13.30 g, 27.1 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Anchialus, AD 238-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Nude athlete standing facing, head right, holding palm branch and wreath.</p><p>Refs: AMNG II, 632.3, p. 276; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 136; <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins?id=21318" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins?id=21318" rel="nofollow">Corpus Nummorum Thracorum 21318</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is &quot;Roman&quot; because it depicts the Roman emperor, Gordian III. The obverse legend names him: ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC, which is transliterated into Latin as <i>Gordianus</i>. It is &quot;provincial&quot; because it was struck in the (Greek-speaking) provinces, specifically by the citizens of Anchialus. The name of the city is on the reverse: ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, which is transliterated as Anchialeon (&quot;of the Anchialeans&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000756[/ATTACH]</p><p>Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 20.5 mm, 5.63 gm.</p><p>Bithynia, Nicaea AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: ΑΥ ΚΛ CΕΠ CΕΥΗΡΟC CEB, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff.</p><p>Ref: Mionnet Suppl. 5, 589; RG 333, citing a retouched specimen in Milan, AE 21 with illegible obverse legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is &quot;Roman&quot; because it depicts the Roman emperor, Septimius Severus. The obverse legend names him: CΕΠ CΕΥΗΡΟC, which is transliterated into Latin as <i>Sep Severus</i>. It is &quot;provincial&quot; because it was struck in the (Greek-speaking) provinces, specifically by the citizens of Nicaea. The name of the city is on the reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, which is transliterated as Nicaeeon (&quot;of the Nicaeans&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet another:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000758[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 23.4 mm, 9.73 g.</p><p>Thrace, Deultum, AD 222-235.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 2337; Moushmov 2623; Jurukova 164; SNG Bobokov 535.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is &quot;Roman&quot; because it depicts the Roman empress, Julia Mamaea. The obverse legend names her: IVLIA MAMAEA. It is &quot;provincial&quot; because it was struck in the provinces, specifically the colony of Deultum. Being a colony gave them the privilege of using Latin language inscriptions on their coins. The name of the colony is on the reverse: COL FL PAC DEVLT, which is short for <i>Colonia Flavia Pacensis Deultum</i>, (roughly, &quot;the peaceful Flavian colony, Deultum&quot;).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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