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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4173013, member: 44316"]Recently I announced a new educational web site on the coins of the First Tetrarchy (Diocletian, Maximian, etc,):</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/</a></p><p>Now I am announcing a new educational web site on <b>coins of the Second Tetrarchy</b>:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For numerous related pages, see the <b>site of links</b> here:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The page of links has links to these pages:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">"</font><font size="5"><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/" rel="nofollow">Introduction to the Roman coins of the First Tetrarchy: Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius, and Galerius</a></font><font size="4">" </font><font size="5">[The first link above]</font></p><p><br /></p><p>"Coins of the First Tetrarchy: Pre-Reform Coins of <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletian.html" rel="nofollow">Diocletian</a>, Maximian, Constantius, and Galerius.</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/follistypes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/follistypes.html" rel="nofollow">Follis types of the First Tetrarchy, 293-305 CE</a>"</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletianfolles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletianfolles.html" rel="nofollow">GENIO POPVLI ROMANI:</a> a common late Roman coin type"</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/SACRAMONETA.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/SACRAMONETA.html" rel="nofollow">SACRA MONETA</a>: a common late Roman coin type"</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/retirement.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/retirement.html" rel="nofollow">Abdication types of Diocletian and Maximian</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html" rel="nofollow">How to distinguish coins of Maximian from coins of Galerius</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html" rel="nofollow">Roman coins of the Second Tetrarchy</a>" [The new, second, link above]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/dating.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/dating.html" rel="nofollow">How coins are dated to the Second Tetrarchy</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/radiatefraction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/radiatefraction.html" rel="nofollow">"radiate fraction" a.k.a. "post-reform radiate" denomination</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/argenteus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/argenteus/" rel="nofollow">silver <i>argenteus</i> denomination</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been busy trying to make the coins of 284-306 understandable, especially to those who already collect ancient coins but don't know much about coins of that period. It is pretty complicated because there were four rulers at a time, not just one ruler followed by another as in the early centuries. The history is fascinating and the coinage complicated, but not too complicated, and not too expensive. Take a look around and bookmark the links page because it would take days to read it all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Private-message me if you find any typos or mistakes, or if you have suggestions. Web sites are easy to change (unlike books) and I want to make them as helpful as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius was western Caesar in the First Tetrarchy and became western Augustus in the second. Here is a new type issued under the Second Tetrarchy:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Constantius</b> as Augustus</p><p>28 mm. 8.84 grams.</p><p>IMP CONSTANTIVS PF AVG</p><p>FIDES MILITVM AVGG ET CAESS NN</p><p>Fides <b>standing</b> left holding standard in each hand</p><p>AQS</p><p><i>RIC</i> Aquileia 60a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4173013, member: 44316"]Recently I announced a new educational web site on the coins of the First Tetrarchy (Diocletian, Maximian, etc,): [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/[/URL] Now I am announcing a new educational web site on [B]coins of the Second Tetrarchy[/B]: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html[/URL] For numerous related pages, see the [B]site of links[/B] here: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html[/URL] The page of links has links to these pages: [SIZE=4]"[/SIZE][SIZE=5][URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/']Introduction to the Roman coins of the First Tetrarchy: Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius, and Galerius[/URL][/SIZE][SIZE=4]" [/SIZE][SIZE=5][The first link above][/SIZE] "Coins of the First Tetrarchy: Pre-Reform Coins of [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletian.html']Diocletian[/URL], Maximian, Constantius, and Galerius. "[URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/follistypes.html']Follis types of the First Tetrarchy, 293-305 CE[/URL]" "[URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletianfolles.html']GENIO POPVLI ROMANI:[/URL] a common late Roman coin type" "[URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/SACRAMONETA.html']SACRA MONETA[/URL]: a common late Roman coin type" [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/retirement.html']Abdication types of Diocletian and Maximian[/URL] [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html']How to distinguish coins of Maximian from coins of Galerius[/URL] "[URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html']Roman coins of the Second Tetrarchy[/URL]" [The new, second, link above] [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/dating.html']How coins are dated to the Second Tetrarchy[/URL] The [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/radiatefraction.html']"radiate fraction" a.k.a. "post-reform radiate" denomination[/URL]. The [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/argenteus/']silver [I]argenteus[/I] denomination[/URL]. I've been busy trying to make the coins of 284-306 understandable, especially to those who already collect ancient coins but don't know much about coins of that period. It is pretty complicated because there were four rulers at a time, not just one ruler followed by another as in the early centuries. The history is fascinating and the coinage complicated, but not too complicated, and not too expensive. Take a look around and bookmark the links page because it would take days to read it all. Private-message me if you find any typos or mistakes, or if you have suggestions. Web sites are easy to change (unlike books) and I want to make them as helpful as possible. Constantius was western Caesar in the First Tetrarchy and became western Augustus in the second. Here is a new type issued under the Second Tetrarchy: [ATTACH=full]1074608[/ATTACH] [B]Constantius[/B] as Augustus 28 mm. 8.84 grams. IMP CONSTANTIVS PF AVG FIDES MILITVM AVGG ET CAESS NN Fides [B]standing[/B] left holding standard in each hand AQS [I]RIC[/I] Aquileia 60a[/QUOTE]
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