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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3069713, member: 19463&quot;]At this time, Rome mint used the city letter R followed by the first letter of the ordinal for the workshop:</p><p>Prima = first</p><p>Secunda = second</p><p>Tertia = third&nbsp; so RT is Rome mint, third workshop or officina.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was mentioned that Maximianus was not a volunteer when Diocletian said to retire.&nbsp; Later, he came back and tried to be an active first tier Augustus again.&nbsp; Sometimes we see those coins termed &#039;second reign&#039;.</p><p>DN MAXIMIANO PFS AVG summer of 307 AD&nbsp; London mint&nbsp; PLN GENIO POP ROM</p><p>[ATTACH=full]771222[/ATTACH] </p><p>The second reign did not go so well since there were too many people claiming power so he abdicated again in 308.&nbsp; In 310, Maximianus came back for a third reign but that went even worse.&nbsp; Wikipedia puts it nicely:</p><p>&nbsp;<span style="color: #0000ff">Maximian was captured, reproved for his crimes, and stripped of his title for the third and last time. Constantine granted Maximian some clemency but strongly encouraged his suicide. In July 310, Maximian hanged himself.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">In this period of history, &#039;some clemency&#039; would include being allowed to kill oneself rather than being dispatched with no clemency.&nbsp; Romans were good at &#039;no clemency&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do not know how to tell a coin of this last period in 310.&nbsp; Anyone? </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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