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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2851657, member: 14873&quot;] <ul> <li><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Output of the London Mint:</b> Sutherland (Roman Imperial Coinage [RIC], Volume VI) in his Londinium Introductory Notes indicates that the output of the London Mint, restricted to the production of Aes coinage (and with only one officina), does not appear to be continuous. By inference, production was probably somewhat sporadic and not as copious as other western mints.</font></li> <li><font face="Times New Roman"><b>What happened to RIC, Vol. VI, LONDINIUM Group I, (ii) Class I?</b> It was transferred to RIC, Vol. VI, LUGDUNUM, as Group I, (iv), Class I (14a-21) -- the Invasion coinage of Bastien (prior to publication). Sutherland explains all this in his Introductory text to the LONDINIUM section of RIC VI, pages 113-115 (1967 Edition). The bottom line is the quote of Sutherland that &quot;.......... Bastien is to be followed in regarding the unmarked coins of Class I as an issue prepared in advance for Constantius&#039; invasion of Britain in 296.</font></li> <li><font face="Times New Roman"><b>LON marked coins:</b> The first folles produced by the re-opened London Mint (RIC volume VI, Group I, Class II) featured Lugdunese style right facing busts with bare neck truncation and laureate heads with the long laurel wreath ribbon laying on the neck. The Genius of the Roman People reverse depictions and inscriptions are standard but with with LON (mint mark) in the exergue. The inscriptional lettering is more compact with smaller and thicker letterforms.</font></li> <li><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Genius Reverse depiction:</b> Almost always a representation of the Genius of the Roman People standing, facing left, head surmounted by a modius, naked except for a chlamys over the left shoulder, holding a patera in the right hand and cradling a cornucopia in the left arm. Very rarely, and mostly after 1 May 305, Genius is depicted with loins draped, and wearing a towered head-dress.</font></li> <li><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Intermediate Group coins (Bastien):</b> The Intermediate Group folles, coming directly after the LON issues were first proposed by Bastien. In his proposal these coins fall into two groups, those with laureate heads (a) and those with laureate, cuirassed busts (b), both of Lugdunese style and with British style inscriptional lettering.</font></li> <li><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Ribbon ties:</b> The Obverse head with the laurel wreath long ribbon end draped on the portrait neck, a recurring feature on the unknown Continental Mint invasion coinage, is also found on Intermediate Group coinage.</font></li> <li><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Additional Mints (to London) possibilities:</b> In his introduction to the Londinium section of RIC VI, Sutherland raises the possibility that at least some of the Unmarked Group I, Class II (a &amp; b) folles may have been produced in Britain by a re-opened Carausius/Allectus &quot;C&quot; Mint (or traveling Mint), thereby accounting for the somewhat rough style portraiture - particularly the &quot;small head on a tall neck&quot; busts of Group I, Class IIa coins which are reminiscent of many Carausius/Allectus issues. Sutherland does not seem to pursue this theory, however.</font></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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