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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 4496131, member: 87809&quot;]this is really something - clever, never seen that before <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>have one from Siscia, officina A, a different officina than the one shown by [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER], struck in the first year after the currency reform; the style is not as abstract as coins struck in the following years, but one can notice a thickening of the neck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Follis, Pannonia Superior, Siscia, 295 AD</p><p>25 mm, 8.175 g</p><p>RIC VI Siscia 85a; SR 3534v (4th ed);</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ob.: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG laureate head of Diocletianus to r.</p><p>Rev.: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI Genius nude, modius on head, standing to l. with chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera in r. hand and cornucopiae in l.; mint mark *SIS in exergue and A in right field.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1115337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1115339[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and an Antoninianus struck before the currency reform. A common reverse design was Jupiter sitting or standing, holding a Victory and hasta:</p><p><br /></p><p>Antioch, 285 AD Mint Mark: A//XXI (1st Officina, A is Antioch mint)</p><p><br /></p><p>20 x 22 mm, 4.597 g</p><p>RIC V Diocletian 325</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG Bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, to r.</p><p>Rev.: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG Diocletian, draped, cuirassed, standing to r., holding parazonium in r. hand and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter; Jupiter, standing to l., holding long scepter; A//XXI </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1115345[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1115346[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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