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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3020786, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="https://www.academia.edu/29744478/L_Empereur_et_l_usurpateur_un_4e_atelier_oriental_sous_Probus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/29744478/L_Empereur_et_l_usurpateur_un_4e_atelier_oriental_sous_Probus" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/29744478/L_Empereur_et_l_usurpateur_un_4e_atelier_oriental_sous_Probus</a></p><p>Looking over the article above, it struck me that I already owned a coin that would serve as a space filler for the emperor Saturninus which we all know will not allow us to complete a set of one per emperor.&nbsp; The article proposes a 4th mint producing coins for Probus in the East and separates these coins from issues of Antioch and Tripolis which they resemble.&nbsp; Further it proposes that this mint was set up to provide coinage needed to support military operations by Probus in the area against a usurper who was Saturninus.&nbsp; Since only a couple of us will ever be able to own an actual coin of Saturninus (you know, your friends at the British Museum, for example) this Probus&nbsp; will be as close as we come.&nbsp; The article explains the situation but just in case it being in French is a big a problem to you as it was to me, I will point out that the matter has been discussed at length over on Forvm Ancient Coins (the more scholarly venue where most would not suggest that anyone might collect one coin per ruler).&nbsp; You can read the article or read Forvm to learn the distinctions of &#039;mint 4&#039;. </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=107510.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=107510.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=107510.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I do not collect in this way but the next time one of you asks who is the most rare number in the ERIC II list represented in your collection you can expect to see me raise my hand and show my &quot;sort of Saturninus&quot;. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]751183[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Who else has one?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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