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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3077091, member: 88829&quot;]Late to the party, but wanted to round out the picture.&nbsp; All coins for Constantius I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a pre-reform ant for Constantius I which has held most of its silver wash:</p><p>PROVIDENT DEOR reverse.&nbsp; This one does not make use of the XXI mark.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]774146[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>By contrast, here is an example with the XXI marking, that has lost most of its silvering:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]774147[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a post reform follis that displays the XXI marking, but no longer shows a silver coat:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]774148[/ATTACH]</p><p>And here is a post reform radiate half-follis from Cyzicus with a characteristic empty exergue.&nbsp; This example is a bit strange in that the mintmark above the exergue appears up close to read &lt;Fgamma&gt;, but at normal viewing distance reads as Kgamma.&nbsp; The latter is proper for this.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]774149[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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