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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1895794, member: 19463&quot;]Both are definitely Diocletian as proposed above.&nbsp;&nbsp; The year two coin has the longer legend with title and more full name before starting with the delta at 11 o&#039;clock to spell out Diocletian.&nbsp;&nbsp; These are usually none too clear but I&#039;ll show one of each obverse lettering for comparison.&nbsp; There were many reverses used during this long reign.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]323453[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323454[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It was common for emperors to cut back on the length of names used after a few years of power.&nbsp; By then, everyone knew who they were.&nbsp; Diocletian had a long name so his first coins with long legends made for very small letters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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