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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3715173, member: 19463"]Do you attach any significance to the use of the plural AVGG on the Maximinus below and the singular AVG on the Constantine? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]995909[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]995910[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The FIL coins are not all that rare unless you only look at mint state gems. Certainly they are scarce compared to the usual Augustus title. A similar coin of interest is the issue by Maxentius from Rome for Constantine as Caesar. The mints had to take care to use the appropriate titles depending on who controlled their city at the time. Diocletian's idea of 'four' rulers cooperating was shot by this time. The 'four' and the 'cooperating' parts were history almost as soon as Diocletian retired. The FIL coins illustrate this very clearly. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]995911[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3715173, member: 19463"]Do you attach any significance to the use of the plural AVGG on the Maximinus below and the singular AVG on the Constantine? [ATTACH=full]995909[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]995910[/ATTACH] The FIL coins are not all that rare unless you only look at mint state gems. Certainly they are scarce compared to the usual Augustus title. A similar coin of interest is the issue by Maxentius from Rome for Constantine as Caesar. The mints had to take care to use the appropriate titles depending on who controlled their city at the time. Diocletian's idea of 'four' rulers cooperating was shot by this time. The 'four' and the 'cooperating' parts were history almost as soon as Diocletian retired. The FIL coins illustrate this very clearly. [ATTACH=full]995911[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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