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Message:: [QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 2917562, member: 14873"]Part 7 .... COINAGE OF THE SECOND TETRARCHY On 1 May 305, Constantius succeeded Maximian Herculius as Augustus of the West and Galerius Maximian succeeded Diocletian as Augustus of the East in accordance with the rules of succession. Flavius Valerius Severus (Severus), a close friend of Galerius Maximian, was appointed Caesar of the West by Constantius and Galerius Valerius Maximinus Daia (Maximinus Daza) was appointed Caesar of the East by Galerius Maximian. The coin obverses in this series again follow an almost standard pattern - right facing laureate, cuirassed busts with short wreath ribbon ties secured behind the neck (although draped busts begin to appear) The reverses continue to depict the standard representation of the Genius of the Roman People standing, facing left, head surmounted by a modius, naked except for a chlamys over the left shoulder, holding a patera in the right hand and cradling a cornucopia in the left arm (and Genius with draped loins also begin to appear). Both the obverse and reverse inscriptional lettering is somewhat thick and compact with the legends reading clockwise around the periphery of the coin. The reverse legend is almost always GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. There is no mint mark in the exergue. SELECTED EXAMPLE COINS: RIC VI, Londinium, No. 47, Constantius, Augustus of the West: <img src="http://jp29.org/000lon47o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000lon47r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />IMP CONSTANTIVS PIVS FEL AVG ....................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI Earliest obverse legend style.Laureate, cuirassed, bust. RIC VI, Londinium, No. 42, Galerius Maximian, Augustus of the East: <img src="http://jp29.org/lon42o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon42r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG ......................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI Laureate, cuirassed, bust.Identical obverse inscription (2C) to the primary one of Maximian Herculius.9.7 gm. RIC VI, Londinium, No. 63a, Severus, Caesar of the West: <img src="http://jp29.org/000lon63ao.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000lon63ar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Fully silvered but pitted.Draped, laureate, bust.As depicted in RIC Volume VI, Plate 1.11.3 gm. RIC VI, Londinium, No. 65, Maximinus (Daia), Caesar of the East: <img src="http://jp29.org/lon65o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon65r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />MAXIMINVS NOBILI CAES ......................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI Draped, laureate, bust.8.8 gm. One more part to come .........[/QUOTE]

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