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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2903905, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><b>The criteria I use for including coins in my collection are:</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1. Historical significance/association</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>2. Clarity and completeness of inscriptions/legends</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>3. Clarity of obverse and reverse depictions (particularly obverse portraits)</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>I do not put much emphasis on overall condition: I am not much bothered by some surface roughness or minor blemishes, incidental dings and scratches, etc. I do favor coins that are well centered and pleasing to my eye.</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I recently upgraded three of the most difficult to find (for me) London Mint unreduced Tetrarchic folles which I have depicted below. I photographed them using my iPad camera which I am using until I get a new digital camera. I have now added them to my <a href="http://jp29.org/cgalleryVI.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jp29.org/cgalleryVI.htm" rel="nofollow"><u>Britannic coinage of the Tetrarchy Photo Gallery</u></a> (Annotated). Please post pics of these three coin issues from the London Mint, or any other Mint, that you have for style comparison.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 42, Galerius Maximian, Augustus of the East:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon42o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon42r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG</b> ............................... <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Laureate, cuirassed, bust.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Identical obverse inscription (2C) to the primary one of Maximian Herculius.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">9.7 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 46 (variant), Severus, Augustus of the West:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000lon46o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000lon46r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>IMP SEVERVS PIVS FEL AVG</b> ................................. <b>GENIO POPVLI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Draped laureate bust.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse legend variation: PIVS FEL instead of PIVS FELIX.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">9.4 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 47, Constantius, Augustus of the West:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000lon47o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000lon47r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">IMP CONSTANTIVS PIVS FEL AVG .......................... GENIO POPVLI ROMANI</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Laureate, cuirassed, bust.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">8.9 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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