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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2395276, member: 75525&quot;]Great coins as usual. Going here is a bit like going to a coin show and seeing what&#039;s out there to collect.</p><p>Steve, you ask a good question - Provincials, or is there a fox or two in the ol&#039; henhouse?!</p><p>Doug, as usual you propose a good answer - Proposed definition for Provincial coins:</p><p>I think this question extends into the Roman Republican era. What is Roman Republican vs what is Celtic, Greek (from Greek colonies), barbaric imitation, etc. </p><p>First my favorite Greek Imperial/Roman Provincial - Julia Domna. Best of all it is published: &quot;The Three Graces and Numismatic Mythology&quot; by Mark Staal.</p><p>[ATTACH]492614[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]492615[/ATTACH] </p><p>My favorite Roman Republican Provisional, normally listed as Greek or &quot;Monedas antiguas de Hispania / Celtiberian&quot; on Spanish auction sites. I have posted this one before, but again, the first living Roman on a coin, P Scipio:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]492616[/ATTACH] </p><p>Some Spanish imitations of RR semis, I would like to have one of these attributed to Sertorius. borrowing from Wikipedia: Quintus Sertorius was a Roman statesman and general, born in Nursia, in Sabine territory. His brilliance as a military commander was shown most clearly in his battles against Rome for control of Hispania. His family, the gens Sertoria, was probably of Sabine origin, and was previously undistinguished.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]492617[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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