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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3713456, member: 83845&quot;]If I may be allowed a belated pile on?..</p><p><br /></p><p>Write up:</p><p><font size="6"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diocletian-two-interesting-coins-and-a-legacy-of-reform.307405/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diocletian-two-interesting-coins-and-a-legacy-of-reform.307405/">Diocletian: Two Interesting Coins and a Legacy of Reform</a></b></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995283[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Diocletian, AD 284-305</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Follis, Ticinum mint, struck AD 296-297</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 31 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 8.63 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG. Laureate head of Diocletian right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Genius wearing mural crown holding patera and cornucopia</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC VI 33</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Write up:</p><p><font size="6"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diocletian-one-of-the-earliest-post-reform-coins-from-lugdunum.311422/#post-3000449" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diocletian-one-of-the-earliest-post-reform-coins-from-lugdunum.311422/#post-3000449">Diocletian: One of the Earliest Post Reform Coins from Lugdunum</a></b></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995280[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Diocletian, AD 284-305</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Follis, Lugdunum Mint, 1st officina, struck ca. AD 295</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 28 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 8.5 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; Laureate bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI: Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia /LA in exergue</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC VI 2a, Lugdunum Group I, Class II</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex Jamesicus Collection</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Write up in progress... hope to finish my study by the end of the year. </p><p>This is one of Constantius’s Invasion Coins and is by far my favorite Follis of this time period. Truly a coin with some fascinating history. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]995282[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Constantius Chlorus (AD 293-306)</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Follis, silvered, Lugdunum/traveling mint, struck ca. AD 296</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia </font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC VI 17a</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex James Pickering Collection of Britannic Coinage</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>This was a coin for which I really like the portrait style. Another Constantius I.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]995281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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