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Message:: [QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 2917193, member: 14873"]Part 3 ...........RESTORATION OF SECESSIONIST BRITAIN TO THE EMPIRE BY CONSTANTIUS In 296 Constantius launched a powerful naval invasion force against Britain in two divisions: one led by himself, which sailed from Boulogne and the other led by the Praetorian Prefect of Maximian Herculius, Asclepiodotus, which sailed from the mouth of the river Seine. The mission of Constantius was to remove Allectus from power and restore Britain to the Empire. This mission was accomplished and although Constantius was in overall command of the operation, some historical sources assert it was the force under Asclepiodotus that did most of the fighting on land and in fact it was they who defeated and killed Allectus during the decisive battle. Constantius subsequently entered the city of London to proclaim his conquest as restorer of the eternal light of the Roman Empire: Redditor Lucis Aeternae. THE INITIAL FIRST TETRARCY LONDON MINT COINAGEProduced at the former Carausius/Allectus London mint re-opened by Constantius The coin obverses and reverses in this series replicate those of the Constantius Invasion coinage except there is now a LON mint mark in the exergue. SELECTED EXAMPLE COIN: RIC Volume VI, Londinium, No.1a, Diocletian, Augustus of the East: <img src="http://jp29.org/lon1ao.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon1ar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG ........................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI LON in reverse exergue As depicted in RIC Volume VI, Plate 1.Subsequent coinage after this series (RIC VI, Londinium, Nos. 1-5) was unmarked (i.e. no LON mint mark) until the issue of reduced size/weight folles after the death of Constantius in 306.9.8 gm. To be continued ..........[/QUOTE]

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