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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2607148, member: 42773&quot;]Here is Constantius Chlorus, the father of Constantine the Great, also on a large GENIO POPULI follis. A couple of interesting things about this coin. First, in this particular series, the officina number is given in Roman Numerals (I or II), before the mint (TR), in exergue. The use of P(rima) and S(econda) or A and B is far more common.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, depending on the mint and issue, the busts on these tetrarchical folles can go from very realistic to highly stylized. Here is the coin...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]570011[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...which you can see is a rather faithful rendition of the emperor compared to a contemporary bust...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]570012[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...contrasted to the same type issued by the Antioch mint, on which the bust is highly stylized...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]570013[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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