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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 4086593, member: 84744&quot;]I&#039;m intrigued by the unusual denominations from this period.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a pre-reform quinarius, presumably among the last of this denomination, from before the elevation of Maximian.&nbsp; It&#039;s the same type as the opening coin on Warren&#039;s new site:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064967[/ATTACH] </p><p>RIC 195(R2), VICTORIA AVG, 1.83g</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s a coin that might be the last denarius.&nbsp; It&#039;s the lightest early post-reform issue and contains no silver.&nbsp; (Is it the same denomination as the &quot;1/8 folles&quot; Warren describes <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/fractions.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/fractions.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>?&nbsp; Maybe.)&nbsp; As Warren notes on his site, at this point the denarius (&quot;denarius communis&quot;) was either exclusively or almost exclusively a unit of accounting rather than an actual coin.&nbsp; But if any denomination at this time is a denarius, this is it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064973[/ATTACH] </p><p>RIC 27a(R2), VTILITAS PVBLICA, Utilitas standing facing, head left, hands in drapery. 1.42g, 16.5mm. Ticinum mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an antoninianus/aurelianus issued by Carausius.&nbsp; Warren has one from the London mint on his site, this one is the &quot;C&quot; mint (Colchester?):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064983[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another Diocletian coin issued by a usurper, in this case Domitius Domitianus in Alexandria:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064984[/ATTACH] </p><p>Follis, RIC 18a, ex Dattari</p><p><br /></p><p>That last one is from the second issue of folles at Alexandria.&nbsp; I&#039;ve like to assemble a mint set of <i>first</i> issue folles in Diocletian&#039;s name only, but I&#039;ve found they aren&#039;t that easy to come by.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064987[/ATTACH] </p><p>Heraclea, RIC 12a, first issue follis (ex Dattari)</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems I can&#039;t get enough Diocletian, but I do like the other tetrarchs too.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a first issue of Maximian from London.&nbsp; The &quot;LON&quot; mintmark is rare, and this example with draped loins on Genius is apparently unique:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064994[/ATTACH] </p><p>Not in RIC, Cloke &amp; Toone 1.01.002A (this coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope [USER=87659]@Caesar_Augustus[/USER] sees this thread and posts some of his stuff.&nbsp; (He spotted those last two coins for me... thanks again C_A!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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