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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4910771, member: 19463"]My interest in Eastern Severans is strong early and fall greatly by the time of Alexander so my opinions are not worth a lot. There are quite a few Alexanders that I find 'middle ground' including one which was corrected by Curtis earlier in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I see yours in this group. Right now I'll guess Rome but I would like to see metallurgical evidence on the coins that might shed light on which coins were made where. Understand I am not proposing a third mint or coins made one place and shipped to another or, for that matter, anything but I am just saying I'd prefer we allow for future reexamination. There are too many possibilities (again, I am not proposing this). What would be the evidence on coins if staff from Antioch were moved to Rome and gradually assimilated Roman style? We walk a fine line between writing historical fiction and dismissing what will eventually be thought to be truth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4910771, member: 19463"]My interest in Eastern Severans is strong early and fall greatly by the time of Alexander so my opinions are not worth a lot. There are quite a few Alexanders that I find 'middle ground' including one which was corrected by Curtis earlier in this thread. I see yours in this group. Right now I'll guess Rome but I would like to see metallurgical evidence on the coins that might shed light on which coins were made where. Understand I am not proposing a third mint or coins made one place and shipped to another or, for that matter, anything but I am just saying I'd prefer we allow for future reexamination. There are too many possibilities (again, I am not proposing this). What would be the evidence on coins if staff from Antioch were moved to Rome and gradually assimilated Roman style? We walk a fine line between writing historical fiction and dismissing what will eventually be thought to be truth.[/QUOTE]
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