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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2736474, member: 19463&quot;]Ticinum offers a couple opportunities for confusion worth noting.&nbsp; Both are illustrated on the Probus below.&nbsp; Mintmark TXXT shows the first T standing for the workshow and the last for Ticinum.&nbsp; We know this because there are also coins with PXXT and SXXT for the other officinae.&nbsp; The alloy mark is usually XXI for 20 parts copper to one part silver but Ticinum shortened it to just mention the XX orn20 parts added alloy. [ATTACH=full]623725[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ticinum is also the major mint using the coded coins of Probus.&nbsp; If anyone does not know these, I have a page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/equiti.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/equiti.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/equiti.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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