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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1876854, member: 19463"]Most coins of the 4th century were issued at the same time by a main emperor and his family or two or more co-emperors. For example, Constantine the Great issued the same coin types for four sons and for part of the time for his co-emperor Licinius and his son. You might be able to guess from the portraits but most coins were made in at least a dozen mints each with their own styles so being certain which guy was intended is not easy. Many of these coins were issued for lesser persons who had only the title Caesar but not Augustus but it is not always easy to tell which Caesar. They were brothers with similar appearance. From the time Diocletian appointed Maximianus as his co-emperor until the end of the Empire there were only a couple short periods (reigns of Julian II and Jovian) when there was only one person issuing coins. For the rest of the time, types usually were shared and issued side by side with each other.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1876854, member: 19463"]Most coins of the 4th century were issued at the same time by a main emperor and his family or two or more co-emperors. For example, Constantine the Great issued the same coin types for four sons and for part of the time for his co-emperor Licinius and his son. You might be able to guess from the portraits but most coins were made in at least a dozen mints each with their own styles so being certain which guy was intended is not easy. Many of these coins were issued for lesser persons who had only the title Caesar but not Augustus but it is not always easy to tell which Caesar. They were brothers with similar appearance. From the time Diocletian appointed Maximianus as his co-emperor until the end of the Empire there were only a couple short periods (reigns of Julian II and Jovian) when there was only one person issuing coins. For the rest of the time, types usually were shared and issued side by side with each other.[/QUOTE]
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