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An Exceptional Gordian III Provincial

harashaharasha Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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More than I normally would spend, but one usually does not find a Pisidia coin so nice!

Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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  • CucumborCucumbor Posts: 126 ✭✭✭

    It's a nice one, with a great reverse aswell, indeed

  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,646 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A handsome one, congrats.

  • IVBIVB Posts: 248 ✭✭✭

    I have some Roman coins with round holes in the middle. what does it mean?

  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't think anyone knows for sure about this punch marks on the provincial coins. My suspicion is that they were meant to differentiate the provincial coinage from that of an official Roman mint.

    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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  • CucumborCucumbor Posts: 126 ✭✭✭

    There are some theories about them being centering dimples, as one can find examples struck with the same dies, and showing the hole in a different place from an example to another. I'm pretty sure FAC has threads on the subject

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The dimples are probably related to a production issue that has been lost to history.

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