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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2917366, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Part 6 ..........</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">ABDICATION COINAGE OF DIOCLETIAN &amp; MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Diocletian chose the occasion of his <i>Vicennalia</i> (1 May AD 305) - the twentieth anniversary of his assumption of power as Augustus and coincidentally the tenth anniversary (<i>Decinnelia</i>) of his institution of the Tetrarchy - to Abdicate and retire and persuaded (or compelled) Maximian Herculius to do the same in concert with him.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The obverses of these commemorative coins depict laureate busts of the Augusti in Imperial mantle holding mappa in right hand and olive branch in left hand. The reverses depict a personification of Providentia, standing left, extending hand to personification of Quies, standing right, holding olive branch and leaning on scepter.</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">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 77a, Diocletian, retired senior Augustus:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon77ao1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon77ar1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>DN DIOCLETIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">9.5 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 76b, Maximian Herculius, retired senior Augustus:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000lon76bo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000lon76br.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>DN MAXIMIANO BEATISSIMO SEN AVG</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;8.7 gm</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">To be continued .........</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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