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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2862507, member: 14873&quot;]<b>RIC Volume VI, Londinium, Group I, (i), folles, No. 1-5, c. 297, 11.0-9.5 gm, 28/26 mm</b>. Obverses and Reverses in the style of the unknown Continental Mint invasion coinage. Laureate head, right, with bare neck truncation.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exemplar coin No.1a - Diocletian:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://jp29.org/lon1ao1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon1ar1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG</b> .............. <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></p><p><b>LON</b> in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>10.1gm</p><p>As depicted in RIC Volume VI, Plate 1.</p><p>------------------------------------------</p><p>I am 88 years old.</p><p>I was born and grew up during the Depression years and WW2 in northern England (Lancashire/Yorkshire).</p><p>Emigrated to the United States in 1950 -- US Citizen</p><p>Married to Columbus, Ohio girl.</p><p>Four children/step children, eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren (all US citizens).</p><p>Retired (1972) United States Air Force Veteran (Korean War, Vietnam War).</p><p>Retired (1989) Industrial Engineer (Learjet Corporation, Allied Signal).</p><p><br /></p><p>Lifetime pursuits/hobbies (since 10 years of age) : Calligraphy (practitioner), Coins (Roman, collecting/researching historical association), Cactus (cultivating/researching).</p><p><br /></p><p>Latter day pursuits/hobbies (since retiring): Bookbinding, writing and maintaining web pages that are accessible to People with Disabilities and Semantic Web compliant, collecting and researching vintage woodworking hand tools, historical writing, collecting and researching Japanese Samurai swords, collecting and researching antique percussion/flintlock firearms.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Ancient coin collecting and researching specialty: Britannic coinage of Constantius (folles) produced at the London Mint, 294-306 (sub: Julio-Claudian).</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite sport is Cricket (leg spin bowler) and my all-time sports hero is Don Bradman (Australia). My favorite authors are Wm. Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. My favorite composers/music are W. A. Mozart and Big Band era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Detailed information relating to all this is on my web sites/pages in my signature block below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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