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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2856318, member: 14873&quot;]Well numismatists really didn&#039;t figure it. It is probably best to read Dr. Sutherland&#039;s introductory notes to both the Londinium and Lugdunum sections of RIC, Volume VI, (with the annotations by Bastien) to gain an understanding of the evolution of the reformed aes coinage (folles) issued by the Diocletian Tetrarchy. The unmarked Invasion coinage of Constantius was designed that way and continued in essence (except for the small, and very rare, LON marked initial post-invasion issue) by Constantius&#039; re-opened (formerly Carausius/Allectus) London Mint. BTW, you can distinguish the unmarked Invasion coinage produced in Gaul from the unmarked London Mint coinage due to the invasion coins having laureate, bare neck truncated, obverse busts with the long ribbon tie laying on the neck -- the unmarked London Mint coins have laureate, cuirassed (sometimes draped), bust obverse portraits with equal length ribbon ties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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