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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2329931, member: 44316&quot;]I like FORTVNA types a lot. Here is one of Constantius I (293-306):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]472279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472280[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantius I, Caesar 293-305 and Augustus 305-306</p><p>&nbsp; CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES</p><p>&nbsp; FORTVNAE REDVCI AVGG NN</p><p>&nbsp; A in field left and * in field right. TR in exergue.</p><p>&nbsp; Follis. 27 mm. 8.79 grams. 6:00 die axis. </p><p>&nbsp; Some surface silvering. </p><p>&nbsp; Struck at Trier, c.298-301.</p><p>&nbsp; RIC Trier 394variety.</p><p>&nbsp; Failmezger 2.</p><p>&nbsp; This pairs the obverse of a Caesar with the reverse legend appropriate to an Augustus (which is not uncommon) </p><p>&nbsp; but the exact variety is not in RIC because it has A in the left field which is not listed with this obverse.</p><p>&nbsp; In RIC the obverse is given to AD 298-299 and the control marks to 300-301.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more about this series (including what the REDVCI refers to) of large folles which was struck only at Trier under the tetrarchy, see my site:</p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/Fortuna/Fortuna.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/Fortuna/Fortuna.html" rel="nofollow">http://esty.ancients.info/Fortuna/Fortuna.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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