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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4950355, member: 19463&quot;]When we consider the coins it seems best to split the reign of Diocletian in two making the Post Reform issues the start of the Dominate and what we call Late Roman.&nbsp; The first of his coins are the end of the Principate.&nbsp; Early coins of Diocletian are a natural continuation of earlier silver issues but his folles started what would slide downhill into the miniscule coins of the 5th century.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This comes up two other places.&nbsp; Octavian/Augustus ended the Imperatorial period and began the Principate;&nbsp; Anastasius ended the Dominate and started the Byzantine.&nbsp; R.A.G. Carson did a book set split this way.</p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=15235964228&amp;cm_mmc=ggl-_-COM_Shopp_Rare-_-naa-_-naa&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw5p_8BRBUEiwAPpJO62i8mZvO7l5u4M61-GIfjbalISdQXk-vhF2coJui6rzlC0ieZzCCFhoC0hkQAvD_BwE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=15235964228&amp;cm_mmc=ggl-_-COM_Shopp_Rare-_-naa-_-naa&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw5p_8BRBUEiwAPpJO62i8mZvO7l5u4M61-GIfjbalISdQXk-vhF2coJui6rzlC0ieZzCCFhoC0hkQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=15235964228&amp;cm_mmc=ggl-_-COM_Shopp_Rare-_-naa-_-naa&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw5p_8BRBUEiwAPpJO62i8mZvO7l5u4M61-GIfjbalISdQXk-vhF2coJui6rzlC0ieZzCCFhoC0hkQAvD_BwE</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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