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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2944499, member: 19463&quot;]My current thought is in complete agreement with maridvnvm BUT there are enough variant/unofficial looking coins of Septimius that I reserve the right to change my mind from Barbarous to a different mint (perhaps mobile) in addition to the recognized ones we have today.&nbsp; I am not convinced that ALL of these variant coins are unofficial just because they are not exactly like the product of the Rome mint or one of the recognized Eastern three (which I am also open to being split or combined as new research suggests.&nbsp; The <u>last</u> thing I am prepared to accept is the BMC/RIC plan defining Emesa and Laodicea exactly as published.&nbsp; We need serious study by serious numismatists with access to all known material and willing to devote a great deal of effort to the question.&nbsp; I am not aware of anyone doing this at present.&nbsp; I remain of the opinion that the untimely death of Roger Bickford Smith over 20 years ago drove a nail in the coffin of any chance I would have knowing what I wanted to know in my lifetime. I am, at present, not aware of any published resource better that that showing the collection of Barry Murphy and the many postings here on Coin Talk and Forvm by amateurs like maridvnvm and I.&nbsp; Am I wrong?</p><p>Below are other coins I can not explain but would appreciate learning about in what time remains to me.&nbsp; Some are barbarous.&nbsp; All can be dismissed as such by those who believe there is no validity to further study.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]717650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]717651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]717652[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]717653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]717654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]717655[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]717656[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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