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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2579518, member: 19463&quot;]I am very fond of the pre reform coins of these two.&nbsp; First is an attractive for its multicolor tone rather than grade Diocletian antoninianus with both Jupiter and Hercules on the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]559691[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Maximianus is a very scarce issue by Carausius from the London mint.&nbsp; This one is defective in that thepoor centering lost the diagnostic AVGGG at reverse right but the London mintmark is clear.&nbsp; I want the Diocletian from this series.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]559692[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a page on the coins like the one below.&nbsp; The names of the favored gods were divided into three parts and used to code the coins. In Greek, I O BI spells Jupiter (not Zeus) so this officina B coin has the second part of the name or O following the alloy mark XXI. I like the coded coins.&nbsp; Who has some?</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559693[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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