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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2836186, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m running through the entire thread and filling in the spreadsheet (the alphabetical list... the other one needs to be redone entirely).</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not a simple matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes there are spelling variations which cause trouble.&nbsp; Sometimes cities change names over the course of time.&nbsp; Sometimes the only the area/region is known, not the mint city.&nbsp; Nomes coinage of Egypt, for instance.&nbsp; Nomes were administrative districts. For that matter, were the nomes coins struck in those districts, or were they struck in Alexandria and distributed to the nomes?&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall reading about that but maybe I forgot.&nbsp; If any of you know the answer to this particular question, I&#039;d appreciate a reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest problem is deciding what to include.&nbsp; We could argue the point endlessly but I&#039;m not including Imperial coins from &quot;branch mints&quot; (such as Lugdunum denarii with Latin legends).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Look through your holdings and see if you forgot to post any.&nbsp; Speaking of missing coins, surely [USER=70512]@Okidoki[/USER] has bunches of obscure Hadrians to add?&nbsp; I know he must at least have some Egyptian nomes coins.&nbsp; Speaking of, here&#039;s one I forgot to post:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-65-heliopolite2-jpg.627978/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Heliopolite nome. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 8 (CE 144/5)</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: HΛIOΠOΛEIT; Helios in radiate crown standing left, wearing chiton and himation, holding Mnevis bull in right hand and sceptre in left</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio pl. 299 #10935 (this coin); Emmett 1820.8, R4</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago; Ex Dattari Collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1853-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>By tonight I hope to be done with the initial accounting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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