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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 6475305, member: 97383"]I'm going to guess <u><b>bcuda</b></u> on this coin because of a thread he posted on January 4, 2021. In that thread he wrote <b>"I had only seen pictures of them (folles) in books when I first started in ancients but never realized how large they really were until I found one metal detecting when I lived in Spain." </b>Coin #3 sure looks like a metal detecting find <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. In his thread he posted a handsome follis of Maximian, AD 286-305, Rome mint, RIC 100b, pictured below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258590[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a follis of Diocletian from the Rome mint that looks remarkably similar to his follis <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, pictured below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258605[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Diocletian, AD 284-305, Rome Mint, 1st Officina. AE follis: 10.88 gm, 27 mm, 12 h (struck AD 302-303). RIC VI 105a.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 6475305, member: 97383"]I'm going to guess [U][B]bcuda[/B][/U] on this coin because of a thread he posted on January 4, 2021. In that thread he wrote [B]"I had only seen pictures of them (folles) in books when I first started in ancients but never realized how large they really were until I found one metal detecting when I lived in Spain." [/B]Coin #3 sure looks like a metal detecting find :smuggrin:. In his thread he posted a handsome follis of Maximian, AD 286-305, Rome mint, RIC 100b, pictured below. [ATTACH=full]1258590[/ATTACH] I have a follis of Diocletian from the Rome mint that looks remarkably similar to his follis :jawdrop:, pictured below. [ATTACH=full]1258605[/ATTACH] [B]Diocletian, AD 284-305, Rome Mint, 1st Officina. AE follis: 10.88 gm, 27 mm, 12 h (struck AD 302-303). RIC VI 105a.[/B][/QUOTE]
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