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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OutsiderSubtype, post: 6570422, member: 112457&quot;]Inspired by [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264011[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know why the patinas are so unusual on so many of these late Alexandria coins. It makes me wonder if they spent time in seawater in Abukir Bay or something.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stephen Williams (1985) says that you can draw a line between the rebellion in Egypt in 297-298 and the Great Persecution. Diocletian thought the Egyptian rebellion had been instigated by Manichean coreligionists of the Persian Emperor. Seems like a stretch to us, but Diocletian thought so, and he didn&#039;t want Christians to be a fifth column like the Manicheans. Of course that rebellion is what brought the system of Roman provincial coinage to an end.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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