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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3730649, member: 31620&quot;]I can certainly provide some oddities that people may not have seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will take up the Constantius I coinage as a series for example:-</p><p><br /></p><p>The late issues from Lugdunum pre-reform certainly do contain coins of Constantius I as Caesar. These are generally relatively scarce.</p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:– FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– PROVIDENT DEOR, Providentia, standing left, holding baton and scepter; at foot globe</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (Thunderbolt in exe). Emission 10, Officina 1.</p><p>References– RIC V Pt. 2 Lugdunum 635 Bust Type C. Bastien 493 (18 examples cited)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20147t%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Same type as above but....</p><p>&nbsp;Minted in Lugdunum (A in exe). Emission 10, Officina 1. 1st March A.D. 293 to 20th November A.D. 293</p><p>References– Cohen 237. RIC V Pt. 2 Lugdunum 635 Bust Type C. Bastien 506 (19 examples cited) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20147r%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– CONSTANTIVS NOB C, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– PAX AVGG, Pax, standing left, holding olive branch and scepter</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (//A). Emission 12, Series 2, Officina 1. A.D. 294</p><p>Reference:– Cohen -. Bastien 614 (3 examples cited). RIC V Pt. 2 Lugdunum 634</p><p><br /></p><p>Note:- The Pax type for all emperors in these late issues from Lugdunum change from the holding Victoriola and transverse sceptre from the earlier issues (as illustrated by Doug above) to holding an olive branch and upright sceptre.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_147ae_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Here are contemporary Diocletian and Max. Herc.</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_141al_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20146ax%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– CONSTANTIVS NOB C, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– COMES AVGG, Minerva standing left, holding olive-branch and spear and resting left hand on shield</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (B in exe). Emission 12, Officina 2. A.D. 294</p><p>References– Cohen 12. RIC V Pt. 2 Lugdunum 627 Bust Type C. Bastien 629 (9 examples cited)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20147s%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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