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<p>[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 4632558, member: 100136"][ATTACH=full]1145668[/ATTACH]</p><p>RIC VI (Lugdunum) 14B</p><p>IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG</p><p>GENIO POPV - LI ROMANI</p><p>9.85g, 29mm</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not in my hands yet (hopefully today) but I couldn't resist posting this one early. Thanks to Jamesicus and Lee Toone's assistance, I've managed to get my hands on a Maximianus 'Unmarked Continental' 'Invasion' coin. I did not expect to be in a place to get hold of one in such good condition so soon after starting collecting London Mint coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145669[/ATTACH]LMCC 2.01.003</p><p>IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG</p><p>GENIO POPV - LI ROMANI</p><p>9.73g, 28.5mm, 296-303 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my one example of one of the unambiguous 'long neck' nummi. It's unfortunately a little worn, but very attractive nonetheless. The jump from the quality of lettering on the reverse of the Unmarked Continental and the above LON coin to these issues is quite remarkable.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145670[/ATTACH]</p><p>LMCC 3.01.031</p><p>MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C</p><p>GENIO POPV - LI ROMANI</p><p>10.72g, 27mm</p><p>303 – 1 May 305 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>This Galerius Caesar shows a lot of the characteristics that start to crop up from the 303-305 AD issues, but uncharacteristically still retains a disproportionately long neck, while also having a larger head.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145672[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>LMCC 4.03.004, RIC 42</p><p>IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG</p><p>GENIO POPV – LI ROMANI</p><p>9.13g, 28mm</p><p>May 1st 305 – Spring 307 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally here's Galerius as Augustus, and the style has settled in to the much more common style (IMO) used by the mint from this point on, until the reductions in the flan size made such attractive portraiture more difficult to execute.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something tells me it's going to take considerably more time, patience and budget to get my hands on one of the LON issues. They are an essential link in the chain, but are remarkably scare and attain a rather high cost as a result.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 4632558, member: 100136"][ATTACH=full]1145668[/ATTACH] RIC VI (Lugdunum) 14B IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG GENIO POPV - LI ROMANI 9.85g, 29mm It's not in my hands yet (hopefully today) but I couldn't resist posting this one early. Thanks to Jamesicus and Lee Toone's assistance, I've managed to get my hands on a Maximianus 'Unmarked Continental' 'Invasion' coin. I did not expect to be in a place to get hold of one in such good condition so soon after starting collecting London Mint coins. [ATTACH=full]1145669[/ATTACH]LMCC 2.01.003 IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG GENIO POPV - LI ROMANI 9.73g, 28.5mm, 296-303 AD Here's my one example of one of the unambiguous 'long neck' nummi. It's unfortunately a little worn, but very attractive nonetheless. The jump from the quality of lettering on the reverse of the Unmarked Continental and the above LON coin to these issues is quite remarkable. [ATTACH=full]1145670[/ATTACH] LMCC 3.01.031 MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C GENIO POPV - LI ROMANI 10.72g, 27mm 303 – 1 May 305 AD This Galerius Caesar shows a lot of the characteristics that start to crop up from the 303-305 AD issues, but uncharacteristically still retains a disproportionately long neck, while also having a larger head. [ATTACH=full]1145672[/ATTACH] LMCC 4.03.004, RIC 42 IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG GENIO POPV – LI ROMANI 9.13g, 28mm May 1st 305 – Spring 307 AD And finally here's Galerius as Augustus, and the style has settled in to the much more common style (IMO) used by the mint from this point on, until the reductions in the flan size made such attractive portraiture more difficult to execute. Something tells me it's going to take considerably more time, patience and budget to get my hands on one of the LON issues. They are an essential link in the chain, but are remarkably scare and attain a rather high cost as a result.[/QUOTE]
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