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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 4604253, member: 84744"]Very nice leftie, Doug! Yes, the main difference between mine and a later leftie lies in the field marks, although I personally have noticed a bit of a style difference too - I would say that the first issues lean towards the more compact pre-reform style, whereas the later ones are moving towards the stark & expansive classic tetrarchic style. This generalization seems to apply to most mints, though not so much to Cyzicus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am trying to assemble a mint set of first-issue folles of Diocletian, thus my interest in the coin. The first-issues are distinctly scarcer than the later ones. Getting a leftie without the "C" in the obverse legend was just an extra bonus. I would agree that unlisted variations are to be expected. I figure the instructions the mints received for the first folles were a bit sketchy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 4604253, member: 84744"]Very nice leftie, Doug! Yes, the main difference between mine and a later leftie lies in the field marks, although I personally have noticed a bit of a style difference too - I would say that the first issues lean towards the more compact pre-reform style, whereas the later ones are moving towards the stark & expansive classic tetrarchic style. This generalization seems to apply to most mints, though not so much to Cyzicus. I am trying to assemble a mint set of first-issue folles of Diocletian, thus my interest in the coin. The first-issues are distinctly scarcer than the later ones. Getting a leftie without the "C" in the obverse legend was just an extra bonus. I would agree that unlisted variations are to be expected. I figure the instructions the mints received for the first folles were a bit sketchy![/QUOTE]
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