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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4830609, member: 96898"]One could even add some post-reform radiates (see below). As to your question, I won't spoil the fun for others by giving a full answer, but a small hint might be appropriate: look closely at what the figures on Doug's coins are holding. [ATTACH=full]1168314[/ATTACH] Diocletian, Roman Empire, AE post-reform radiate, 295–299 AD, Cyzicus mint. Obv: IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Diocletian r. Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM; Jupiter standing l. and holding sceptre presents Victory to emperor standing r.; between them, mintmark KΓ. 22mm, 3.2g. RIC VI Cyzicus 15a. [ATTACH=full]1168312[/ATTACH] Maximian, Roman Empire, AE post-reform radiate, 295–298 AD, Heraclea mint. Obv: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Maximian r. Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM; Jupiter standing l. and holding sceptre presents Victory to emperor standing r.; between them, HΓ. 21mm, 2.79g. RIC VI Heraclea 14 or 22.[/QUOTE]