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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 4871892, member: 84744&quot;]I haven&#039;t made a study of it, but yes - certainly very few obverse dies on the Nicaea coins.&nbsp; As for the relative scarcity of imperial vs. provincial types, there are over 200 provincial hits for SA as Caesar on acsearch compared to 50-60 denarii.&nbsp; There are lots of provincial types, but only 2 denarius types.&nbsp; There were 4 of the Indulgentia type in the Reka Devnia.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other denarius is a sacrificial implements type.&nbsp; I prefer this one because of the unusual pairing of Spes with the INDVLGENTIA legend - the hope of the new Caesar, along with the &quot;generosity&quot; of Elagabalus for forgiving him and nevertheless naming him Caesar.&nbsp; Forgiving him for what?&nbsp; For existing, pretty much. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Turns out this was a mistake - pretty soon after they had a Caesar to succeed, the soldiers dumped Elagabalus into the Tiber.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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