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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4079304, member: 97383&quot;]Valentinian, Congratulations on your recent score <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! The price you paid for it was a super bargain too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. If I didn&#039;t have a similar example in my collection purchased over a decade ago we would have had a bidding war on that coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I thought the coin sold just before your follis came up was inferior &amp; it sold for over a $100 more. If your coin had been in a European auction it would have sold for many times what you paid for it. European collectors have a greater appreciation for these rare large folles. Pictured below are two Diocletian folles &amp; one of Constantius I as Caesar from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064225[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Diocletian, Trier Mint, 1st Officina, Struck AD 303 - May 1, 305.</b> AE 10.61 gm, 29 mm, RIC 587a. The reverse has some roughness but the obverse looks good.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064226[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064227[/ATTACH]</p><p>RIC 115a</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064228[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064229[/ATTACH]</p><p>This follis from the Lyon Mint is similar to your follis minus the helmet. RIC 170a.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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