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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 611785, member: 14873&quot;]It is sometimes amazing how things work out in coin collecting. I have been seeking nice specimens of this coinage for many years without success. Lo and&nbsp; behold, I came across two at the same time (but from different sources), both with much original silvering! Not only that, they are &quot;twins&quot; in the series: 17a (Constantius) and 17b (Galerius) -- the two Caesars. Talk about a lucky day!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>RIC Volume VI (Lugdunum), Group I, (iv), Class I, No. 14-21, c. 296, 10.5-8.75 gm, 28/26 mm</b></p><p><b>Plain, truncated, obverse busts -- no mint marks</b></p><p><b>Struck in the names of Diocletian &amp; Maximian as Augusti and Galerius &amp; Constantius as Caesars.</b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://jp29.org/1boulo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://jp29.org/1boulr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C&nbsp; ............................ GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">CONSTANTIUS (RIC)</p> <p style="text-align: center">RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum (Lyons), No. 17a</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://jp29.org/2boulo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://jp29.org/2boulr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>C VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C&nbsp; ............................ GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">GALERIUS (RIC)</p> <p style="text-align: center">RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum (Lyons), No. 17b</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In his introductory notes accompanying the Londinium and Lugdunum sections of RIC Volume VI, Sutherland agrees with Bastien in his assertion that this series of unmarked &quot;reformed&quot; folles was produced at a Boulogne Mint by Lugdenese workers in preparation for the invasion of Britain and that Constantius subsequently carried these coins to Britain when he undertook the invasion in 296. Sutherland had originally accepted this series as being minted in London -- hence the somewhat messy and confusing conspectus for Londinium in RIC VI -- Class I is missing from Group I although Class II and Class III are included. Class I is in the Lugdunum conspectus -- the coins discussed here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I made up <a href="http://jp29.org/plninvasion.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jp29.org/plninvasion.htm" rel="nofollow">this web page</a> that offers additional information.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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