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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5434469, member: 110350"]A very nice coin. I'm surprised that there's an RPC number for it, though, given that by its own definitions RPC begins with the death of Caesar. Traditionally, "Roman Provincial" coins a/k/a "Greek Imperial" coins begin even later, at the beginning of Augustus's reign. However, I believe, and I think [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] agrees, that there's no reason to exclude coins minted in provinces ruled by the Republic from the "Roman Provincial" category, so I usually call them "Republican Provincial" coins. So I'm certainly not complaining that RPC included the coin! It should include all "Republican Provincial" coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>FYI, I checked RPC I 4218, and it's not this coin; that coin is described as "Caesarian era, year 2, Dating 47 BC." I think the correct number is RPC 4212; see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4212" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4212" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4212</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5434469, member: 110350"]A very nice coin. I'm surprised that there's an RPC number for it, though, given that by its own definitions RPC begins with the death of Caesar. Traditionally, "Roman Provincial" coins a/k/a "Greek Imperial" coins begin even later, at the beginning of Augustus's reign. However, I believe, and I think [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] agrees, that there's no reason to exclude coins minted in provinces ruled by the Republic from the "Roman Provincial" category, so I usually call them "Republican Provincial" coins. So I'm certainly not complaining that RPC included the coin! It should include all "Republican Provincial" coins. FYI, I checked RPC I 4218, and it's not this coin; that coin is described as "Caesarian era, year 2, Dating 47 BC." I think the correct number is RPC 4212; see [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4212[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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