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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caesar_Augustus, post: 4532304, member: 87659&quot;]That&#039;s a beautiful coin. Nice catch, Martin. Constantius has a long neck that is a residual from the older coinage of the rebels Carausius and Allectus. This suggests that the mint workers employed by the usurpers were taken on the official payroll as soon as the province was liberated and brought re-established as a Roman province. For those interested, the information comes from this great book, which has more details on the subject: &quot;The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine&quot; by Cloke &amp; Toone. Love that book! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Galerius</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/galerius5/galerius5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>296 - 303 A.D., London Mint, null Officina</p><p>9.58g, 28.0mm, 12H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES,</p><p><i>Laureate and cuirassed bust right</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> GENIO POPV–LI ROMANI,</p><p><i>Genius standing, facing left, head surmounted by a modius, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left arm</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> -/-//-</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Ancient &amp; Medieval Coins Canada Auction 1, Lot 138, Ex. James Pickering Romano-Britannic Collection, Ex. Roman Lode Ancient Coins</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> RIC VI Londinium 15, Cloke &amp; Toone 2.01.015[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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