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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2917209, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Part 4 ..........</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">INTERMEDIATE FIRST TETRARCHY LONDON MINT COINAGE (Bastien)</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The coin obverses and reverses in this series replicate those of the Constantius Invasion coinage except in some instances the obverse busts are cuirassed (including some with elaborate consular features) and have London mint style small and compact inscriptional lettering.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">SELECTED EXAMPLE COINS:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">Intermediate series coin (Bastien), not in RIC, Galerius Maximian, Caesar of the East:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lonint1o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lonint1r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>C VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C</b> .............................. </font><b><font face="Times New Roman">GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Laureate with truncated bare neck bust.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Long wreath ribbon tie laying on neck</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">These intermediate style folles were issued immediately following the LON marked coins.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">10.1 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">Intermediate series coin (Bastien), not in RIC, Galerius Maximian, Caesar of the East:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon15o1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon15r1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES ......................................... GENIO POPV!I ROMANI</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Laureate bust with consular cuirass</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Long wreath ribbon tie laying on neck</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">10.5 Gm</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">.......... to be continued</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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