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Message:: [QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3323952, member: 14873"]And here are the “Augusti and Caesars who campaigned in Britain” coins I decided to keep: <img src="http://jp29.org/000jco.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000jcr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Denarius, Crawford, Roman Republican Coins (RRC), No. 480/8 (March 44 BC - Alfoldi)Coin obverse depiction: Julius Caesar laureate bust facing rightInscription clockwise from right: CAESAR DICT PERPETVO (Dictator in Perpetuity)Coin reverse depiction: Venus Victrix standing, facing left, holding statuette of victory on palm of right hand and supporting vertical scepter with left handInscription vertical to right: L BVCA (L. Aemilius Buca, Moneyer)Weight: 3.5g <img src="http://jp29.org/000severan01o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000severan01r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />RIC Vol. IV, SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, Denarius, No. 335 Obverse: Septimius Severus,, Laureate head facing rightInscription clockwise from bottom: SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRITReverse: Victory (Britannia?) seated left writing on shieldInscription: VICTORIAE BRIT <img src="http://jp29.org/000severan02o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000severan02r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />RIC Vol. IV, CARACALLA, Denarius, No. 231a Obverse: Caracalla, Laureate head facing rightInscription clockwise from bottom: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRITReverse: winged Victory advancing right holding trophyInscription: VICTORIAE BRIT <img src="http://jp29.org/000severan03o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000severan03r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />RIC Vol. IV, GETA, Denarius, No. 91 Obverse: Geta, Laureate head facing rightInscription clockwise from bottom: P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRITReverse: Victory standing left holding wreath and palm branchInscription: VICTORIAE BRIT RIC V (2), Carausius, Antoninianus, No. 475: <img src="http://jp29.org/5475o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/5475r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />IMP C CARAVSIVS PF AVG ......................................... PA - X - AVG | S .....P Draped, radiate, bustLondon Mint.3.9 gm. RIC V (2), Allectus, Antoninianus, No. 33: <img src="http://jp29.org/533o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/533r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG ............................. PA - X - AVG ..... S (Pax standing left) AM L in reverse exergue. Cuirassed, radiate, bustLondon mint5.1 gm. RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum, follis, No. 17a, Constantius, Caesar of the West: <img src="http://jp29.org/lug17ao1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lug17ar1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C .............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI Earliest obverse legend10.1 gm.Britannia invasion coinage produced in Gaul at unknown Continental mint RIC VI, Londinium, follis, No. 47, Constantius, Augustus of the West:CT (Cloke & Toone), No. 4.02.003, 1 May 305 - 26 July 306, Rarity: S <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" />IMP CONSTANTIVS PIVS FEL AVG ....................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI Elevated to Augustus of the West after Abdication of Diocletian and Maximian HerculiusEarliest obverse legend styleLaureate, cuirassed, bustDied at Eboracum (York) while campaigning against the warlike tribes of the North in AD 306On his death bed, Constantius conferred Imperium on his son and companion, ConstantineCoin weight: 9.9 gm RIC VI, Londinium, follis, No. 89b, Constantine, Caesar of the West:CT (Cloke & Toone), No. 5.03.004, c. November - December AD 307, Rarity: R <img src="http://jp29.org/000constantineo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000constantiner.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C ........................... GENIO - POP ROMPLN in reverse exergue Draped, laureate, bustGenius with head towered and loins drapedIssued shortly after the death of Constantius following recognition as Caesar of the West by Galerius9.3 gm. Added via Edit: The following two Claudian Sestertii included in  “Julio-Claudian coins” also belong here. RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 112, 50-54AD (36mm, 28.2gm) RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 109, 42-43AD (38mm, 28.0gm) [/QUOTE]

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