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Message:: [QUOTE="seth77, post: 5231133, member: 56653"]Here's a couple of interesting Procopius AEs: one unlisted in RIC as a type and the other one for the mintmark and field markings. The coinage of Procopius began in the autumn of 365 with a smaller module AE, likely the SECVRITAS REIPVB: [ATTACH=full]1217092[/ATTACH] The type did not appear in RIC but was published in 1977 in Money Trend (W. Weiser - SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE - Eine neue Bronze des Usurpators Procopius 10/1977 p. 8-12) and for a time it remained rather elusive until the internet brought more to the forefront. Now the type is no longer as rare as it was thought to be, but it is still considerably scarcer than the other bronze types for Procopius, possibly because it was a brief issue, likely suspended before the end of 365, minted apparently only from Constantinople. 366 saw the return to the larger AE3, close to the standard of the AE3 of Julian II at all the mints that were under the control of Procopius: Constantinople, Heraclea, Cyzicus and Nicomedia. The fact that there are more mints striking this new coinage points to its later date in the usurpation of Procopius, after his initial successes in Thracia and western Bithynia late in 365 to early 366. [ATTACH=full]1217091[/ATTACH] The new type REPARATIO FEL TEMP is a reference to Procopius establishing himself as the legitimate heir of the earlier Constantinian dynasty and his kinship to Julian II.[/QUOTE]