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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2811639, member: 56859"]You're welcome! I'm still exploring the information on those pages. It is nice to see the timeline laid out so well. It's also thoroughly confusing my notion of what is and isn't a provincial coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Bing's last post, for instance: a Septimius Severus denarius deemed struck in Emesa. It looks like a typical Imperial issue: Latin legends, the design (minor style differences aside). So what is it? Imperial? Provincial? Was it struck in Emesa for circulation in Emesa? Why would Imperial-style coins with Imperial-style denominations be created alongside Provincial-style (local style) designs and denominations?</p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly I have a lot more reading to do about this. Hopefully [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] will weigh in when he once again has decent internet service and has rested.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2811639, member: 56859"]You're welcome! I'm still exploring the information on those pages. It is nice to see the timeline laid out so well. It's also thoroughly confusing my notion of what is and isn't a provincial coin! Bing's last post, for instance: a Septimius Severus denarius deemed struck in Emesa. It looks like a typical Imperial issue: Latin legends, the design (minor style differences aside). So what is it? Imperial? Provincial? Was it struck in Emesa for circulation in Emesa? Why would Imperial-style coins with Imperial-style denominations be created alongside Provincial-style (local style) designs and denominations? Clearly I have a lot more reading to do about this. Hopefully [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] will weigh in when he once again has decent internet service and has rested.[/QUOTE]
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