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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3132556, member: 14873&quot;]<b><font face="Times New Roman">The Britannic Invasion coinage of Constantius minted in Gaul</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">One of the earliest issues of the reformed Ae coinage resulted from the the first assignment given Constantius by Maximian Herculius in 294 which was to restore secessionist Britain to the Roman Empire. The first order of business for Constantius was to insure that a supply of these coins - now the commonplace legal tender of the Roman Empire - was available for use not only by his occupying force, but also by the British civilian populace. To that end Constantius established a Mint in Gaul (location usually listed as unknown, although some French sources list it as Boulogne), manned by Lugdunese mint workers, to produce this invasion coinage - unmarked (i.e. without a mint mark) issued in the names of Diocletian &amp; Maximian Herculius as Augusti and Constantius &amp; Galerius Maximian as Caesars, which constituted the First Tetrarchy.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">This coinage is cataloged in RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum Mint</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum, No. 14a, Diocletian, Augustus of the East</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lug14ao1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lug14ar1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG</b> ............................. <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">9.8 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum, No. 14b, Maximian Herculius, Augustus of the West</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lug14bo1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lug14br1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG</b> ................................. <b>GENIO POP -- VLI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">8.9 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum, No. 17a, Constantius, Caesar of the West</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lug17ao1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lug17ar1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C</b> .............................. <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">10.1 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum, No. 17b, Galerius Maximian, Caesar of the East</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lug17bo1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lug17br1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>C VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C</b> .............................. <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">10.3 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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