Constantius l Chlorus Completes the Tetarchy #1

..And lQQk at the silver!..I started on this better than 15 years ago..but wasn't in no hurry(still i aimed at the 3rd century hard last year)...that's the magic of collecting ancients...you can go off in any direction and still stay in the boundaries....i

POST YER COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS! Constantius l Chlorus (296-97) Obv: emperors bust right, Rev: Genius 28mm, 8.86gms

 

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Good looking shiny detailed new Constantius Chloroxus wipesius.
I purchased him on the cheap really on and have never upgraded. It is not detailed shiny nor good looking:

 

Constantius Chlorus' small change (quarter follis) of Siscia

 

I like it but now you need one as Augustus.

My best Caesar:


My only Augustus:


..unless you count posthumous...

 

congrats on the 1st Tetrarchy...now you have to collect the other Tetrarchies!

 

Constantius I Chlorus Caesar (father of Constantine I), Billon Follis, 296-297 AD, Heraclea Mint (3rd Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES / Rev. Genius wearing modius on head, standing left, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI; mintmark HT Γ[gamma] [Γ= 3rd Officina] in exergue. RIC VI Heraclea 18a (p. 531), Sear RCV IV 14061. 29 mm., 9.91 g.

 

Main players in the Tetrarchy:

 

Here is another nummus from the Heraclea Mint, from the same officina as the coin Donna posted. My coin is unusually light but it's in choice condition . I agree with Victor, now it's time to work on the other Tetrarchies .

 

Great silver, @ominus1 ! Killer find.

This is the only one of his that I have, and it taint silver.

CONSTANTIUS CHLORUS:

RI Constantius I Chlorus 293-306 CE DIVO AE Quinarius Thesalonika 317-318 Seated RIC VII 25 R5

 

Handsome coin, @ominus1! I like the type.

I have a couple of GENIOs.


Constantius I, Caesar, 293-305.
Roman billon follis, 9.95 g, 26.6 mm, 11 h.
Trier, AD 296-97.
Obv: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right.
Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; A/Γ//TR.
Refs: RIC vi, p. 183, 218a; Cohen 61; RCV 14035.


Constantius I, Caesar, 293-305.
Roman billon follis, 9.83 g, 26.3 mm, 5 h.
Antioch, AD 300-301.
Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right.
Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae; K/B-V//ANT.
Refs: RIC vi, p. 620, 55a; Cohen 89; RCV 14069.

 

Nice addition, here my current lineup for the first tetrarchy (I really need to get a better Galerius Caesar example):

 

here's a selection of 1st Tetrarchy from Carthage--




Diocletian
A.D. 298-303
27x29mm 9.3g
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; Laureate head right.
SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands.
In ex. A
RIC VI Carthage 29a/31a




Maximianus
A.D. 298-303
28mm 10.4g
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; Laureate head right.
SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands.
In ex. B
RIC VI Carthage 29b/31b




Constantius I
A.D. 298- 303
27mm 9.2g
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES; laureate head right.
SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands.
In ex Γ
RIC VI Carthage 30a/ 32a





Galerius
A.D. 298- 303
27x30mm 8.6g
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES; laureate head right.
SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands.
In ex. Δ
RIC VI Carthage 30b/32b

 

Here some of my folles of Constantius; the last one a quarter follis.

 

Posthumous Constantius from London.

 

CQQL coin @ominus1 !
My first tetrarchs :

Diocletian - Alexandria


Maximianus - Aquilea


Constantius - Trier


Galerius - Lyon


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Or you could use that coin as the beginning of a Constantine Dynasty set.