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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2852380, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Changing of the guard: The old men retire and the younger Caesars take over!</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">BTW, the last three coin pics (obverse and reverse - total of six) in this post were taken using my Apple IPad camera. Cropped to size using IrfanView -- no other processing. It is the only camera I have at present.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Commemorative Abdication coinage - Seniore Augustus (Senior=retired):</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 77a, Diocletian:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon77ao1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://jp29.org/lon77ar1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>DN DIOCLETIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">8.9 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse: Laureate bust of Diocletian in Imperial mantle holding mappa in right hand and olive branch in left hand.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse: Personification of Providentia, standing left, and extending hand to personification of Quies, standing right, holding olive branch and leaning on sceptre.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 76b, Maximian Herculius:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon76bo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://jp29.org/lon76br.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>DN MAXIMIANO BEATISSIMO SEN AVG</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">9.14 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse: Laureate bust of Maximian Herculius in Imperial mantle holding mappa in right hand and olive branch in left hand.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse: Personification of Providentia, standing left, and extending hand to personification of Quies, standing right, holding olive branch and leaning on sceptre.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 42 - Galerius Maximian as newly elevated Augustus:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon42o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://jp29.org/lon42r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG</b> ......................... <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">9.7 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Identical obverse inscription (2C) to the primary one of Maximian Herculius.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 47 - Constantius as newly elevated Augustus:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon47o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://jp29.org/lon47r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>IMP CONSTANTIVS PIVS FEL AVG</b> ....................... <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">9.1 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Earliest obverse legend style.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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