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Message:: [QUOTE="seth77, post: 2210005, member: 56653"]At first glance, one wouldn't think much of this coin. The green deposits, the thin and wide flan, the obvious strike flatness in certain areas... CONSTANTIUS I AE22mm 2.72g Antoninian/Aurelian (VF, silvering, deposits) AV: CONSTANTIVS NOB C; radiate draped bust right REV: ORIENS AVGG; Sol standing facing, head left, holding whip in left hand and raising right EXE: B REF: RIC V-2 631, Bastien 187 (Dr. Pierre BASTIEN - The coinage issued by the Lyons mint in 293 and 294AD) Lugdunum mint, Scarce, 294AD. So what really makes it interesting? Well, for starters, Antoninianii/Aureliani of Constantius are scarce, since the coinage was reformed almost immediately after Constantius was appointed as Caesar. These were minted in Lugdunum in early 294 before the monetary reform of Diocletian that would make the Antoniniani/Aureliani obsolete and introduce the new Folli/Nummi denomination.Then - and this is a rather personal opinion - western coins with ORIENS AVG reverse are particularly appealing as they invoke a sense of "unity in diversity" which was probably exactly the message that the Tetrarchy was trying to convene. [ATTACH=full]431638[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]