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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 8206144, member: 82549&quot;]It&#039;s a chlamys. It&#039;s just not well rendered on this coin. Jupiter is usually depicted with a chlamys on Roman coins, so it doesn&#039;t surprise me to see it on a provincial, too. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1438521[/ATTACH] </p><p><u>C<b>onstantine I (&quot;the Great&quot;)</b></u></p><p><i>A.D. 307-337</i></p><p>AE Nummus</p><p>Thessalonica mint, A.D. 312-313</p><p>RIC 61b</p><p>Obv: IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN - Jupiter leaning on scepter and holding Victory; eagle at feet</p><p>•TS•B• in exergue</p><p>23 mm, 2.8 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the figure appears to be holding a patera, so I wonder if it is intended to be a genius rather than Zeus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1438522[/ATTACH] </p><p><u><b>Severus II</b></u></p><p><i>Caesar, A.D. 305-306</i></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 306-307</i></p><p>Bronze 1/4 Nummus</p><p>Siscia mint, A.D. 305-306</p><p>Obv: FL VAL SEVERVS NOB C</p><p>Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae</p><p>SIS in exergue</p><p>RIC 170a</p><p>19mm, 2.3g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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