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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2558920, member: 19463&quot;]I can&#039;t help thinking the first series of AE1 folles were well made and often well struck but lose points among collectors from having so many very ordinary Genius reverses.&nbsp; If only more of them were even a god with bigger name appeal or if Diocletian had used reverses as did Maxentius by whose time the size was falling and portrait art was becoming more standardized.&nbsp; Sure there are some non-Genius coins from the period but the single greatest complaint of many collectors who avoid the Tetrarchy is that there are just too many Genius coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Contantius I Augustus Fides Ticinum mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]551163[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Galerius Virtus Cyzicus mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]551164[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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