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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4631908, member: 14873"]“Long necks”:</p><p><br /></p><p>In his introduction to the Londinium section of RIC VI, Sutherland raises the possibility that at least some of the Unmarked Group I, Class II (a & b) folles (that follow the LON marked issues and are now unmarked - without mint Mark in the reverse exergue) and with cuirassed busts, may have been produced in Britain by a re-opened Carausius/Allectus "C" Mint (or traveling Mint), thereby accounting for the somewhat rough style portraiture - particularly the "small head on a tall neck" busts of Group I, Class IIa coins which are reminiscent of many Carausius/Allectus issues. Sutherland does not seem to pursue this theory, however.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145629[/ATTACH]</p><p>Galerius, No 15 (variant)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145628[/ATTACH]</p><p>Galerius (No. 15 variant)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4631908, member: 14873"]“Long necks”: In his introduction to the Londinium section of RIC VI, Sutherland raises the possibility that at least some of the Unmarked Group I, Class II (a & b) folles (that follow the LON marked issues and are now unmarked - without mint Mark in the reverse exergue) and with cuirassed busts, may have been produced in Britain by a re-opened Carausius/Allectus "C" Mint (or traveling Mint), thereby accounting for the somewhat rough style portraiture - particularly the "small head on a tall neck" busts of Group I, Class IIa coins which are reminiscent of many Carausius/Allectus issues. Sutherland does not seem to pursue this theory, however. [ATTACH=full]1145629[/ATTACH] Galerius, No 15 (variant) [ATTACH=full]1145628[/ATTACH] Galerius (No. 15 variant)[/QUOTE]
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