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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3030125, member: 82616"]The BY mark was erroneously attributed to Byzantium by Mattingly in BMCRE II. More recent scholarship, RPC II, and the new RIC II.1 attribute all the mint mark coins from Asia Minor to Ephesus. Die links between various mink marked specimens show they are all the product of the same mint. Because one of the marks is certainly that of Ephesus, the whole series is attributed to that city.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only coin you posted with an uncertain mint is the Titus Caesar. The 'o' mint denarii remain an elusive mystery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3030125, member: 82616"]The BY mark was erroneously attributed to Byzantium by Mattingly in BMCRE II. More recent scholarship, RPC II, and the new RIC II.1 attribute all the mint mark coins from Asia Minor to Ephesus. Die links between various mink marked specimens show they are all the product of the same mint. Because one of the marks is certainly that of Ephesus, the whole series is attributed to that city. The only coin you posted with an uncertain mint is the Titus Caesar. The 'o' mint denarii remain an elusive mystery.[/QUOTE]
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