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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David@PCC, post: 3517674, member: 80556&quot;]Continuing my 4 part series on anonymous civic coinage which happens to coincide with my 1000th CT post I present my findings for the IOVI series. A relative new comer to my collection can be seen here to aid as a visual.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934058[/ATTACH]Mint: Antioch</p><p>Obvs: IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated holding globe and scepter.</p><p>Revs: VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm branch. ANT in exergue.</p><p>AE 14x15mm, 1.39g</p><p>Ref: Vagi 2955; Van Heesch 2; McAlee 171j </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately we can use the same controls found on series I to date these as well. If you haven&#039;t already read the previous <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sacred-apollo-anonymous-civic-coinage-part-i.338433/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sacred-apollo-anonymous-civic-coinage-part-i.338433/">POST</a> on these which explains how I came to my conclusions, the workshops are really the key to dating these. The main difference is now the delta and epsilon are in opposite fields like the coin below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934064[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That coupled with the abbreviated version of ANT, places these from 299 to 310 AD according to RIC VI. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again the post on series I explains the purpose of these enigmatic coins and why I don&#039;t associate them to persecutions of Christians directly. The imagery of Jupiter clearly fits with Diocletian whom personified himself as a god.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Just like series I, I tie these to the Olympic games of the early 4th century, but finding which year needs some explaining. Using Remijsen&#039;s work we can place Olympics in Antioch in the years 300, 304, and 308 to match our time frame from the workshops. 308 can be eliminated because it was past his abdication and in 304 he would have been in the Danube frontier and later in Nicomedia and also suffered a complication from an illness. So that places this series to the summer of 300 AD. </p><p><br /></p><p>This post is a very short and simplified explanation and the entire version can be found in greater detail on my site @ </p><p><a href="http://allcoinage.com/anonymous_series2.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://allcoinage.com/anonymous_series2.php" rel="nofollow">http://allcoinage.com/anonymous_series2.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And if you missed part I, it can be found here</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sacred-apollo-anonymous-civic-coinage-part-i.338433/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sacred-apollo-anonymous-civic-coinage-part-i.338433/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sacred-apollo-anonymous-civic-coinage-part-i.338433/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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