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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8145088, member: 19463&quot;]I am particularly happy with my Galerius because it retains a trace of silvering.&nbsp; Since the post reform radiates were not silver washed and this mint did not use the XXI designation on pre-reform coins, this trace of silver demonstrates that the coin is pre-reform. </p><p><br /></p><p>Galerius antoninianus Lugdunum&nbsp; / Concordia and Caesar</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1420312[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Want list item:&nbsp; I do not have a pre-reform antoninianus of Galerius from a mint that did use XXI.&nbsp; I would prefer it have even the slightest bit of silver just to reinforce that point.&nbsp; This is a Constantius from Antioch but, sorry, there is no remaining silver.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1420317[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, there are many dealers who use the term antoninianus for the later post-reform radiates (most commonly having the mintmark and officina number in the field rather than in exergue.&nbsp; If you see one of these with silver, it was plated in modern times.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now my question for those here more expert in these than I:</p><p>Below are post-reform folles of Diocletian and Galerius from Lugdunum with a thunderbolt in exergue.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; .[ATTACH=full]1420316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1420318[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>How am I to know that this Constantius was a pre-reform antoninianus (as sold to me by a European dealer) rather than a later post-reform radiate?&nbsp; It has no remaining silver.&nbsp; The seller quoted Bastien 493 but I do not have this reference.&nbsp; I would appreciate someone having this reference telling me what it says. Is this coin pre-reform or post-reform?&nbsp; RIC 635 lists it as pre-reform. I need to see a coin like this that still has some silver. Please, show me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius I antoninianus Lugdunum&nbsp; /&nbsp; Providentia PROVID DEOR thunderbolt in exergue&nbsp; RIC 635 </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1420311[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are silvered coins of the type:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4276192" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4276192" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4276192</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I see three options:</p><p>1. The mint was issuing thunderbolt antoniniani when the reform happened and changed over to large folles similarly marked but the two were not issued together at the same time.&nbsp; This is the RIC suggestion with the ants being in volume V and the folles in volume VI.&nbsp; I view this as most likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The mint issued the post-reform radiates with silver being ignorant that the reform did not intend that denomination to be silvered.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The coins were issued without silver and the high grade ones being sold have had their silver added to increase the market value. </p><p><br /></p><p>Option 4:&nbsp; I am confused.&nbsp; Help me. Has anyone done an assay of the coins to establish whether they contain the 4.7% silver expected of the antoniniani or only traces of silver as expected of a post-reform radiate?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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