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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7931519, member: 44316&quot;]Beginning c. 294 the new follis (nummus) denomination was issued with the very common GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse design. I have a web page on them:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletianfolles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletianfolles.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Diocletianfolles.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Today I added one from the mint of Thessalonica:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371463[/ATTACH]</p><p>Diocletian, 28-27 mm. 9.17 grams</p><p><b>Thessalonica</b></p><p>IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG&nbsp; (a longer legend than most,</p><p><font size="5">GENIO POPVLI ROMANI.</font></p><p>•TSA• in exergue</p><p><i>RIC</i> Thessalonica 21a &quot;c. 300-1&quot;</p><p>Sear IV 12784</p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian founded the &quot;First Tetrarchy&quot; and I have sites on his coins:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/DiocletianCoins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/DiocletianCoins.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/DiocletianCoins.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">and on coins of the First Tetrarchy:</font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, that last site is the broadest outline for those who don&#039;t already know a lot about Roman coins of the period. You might prefer to begin there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Show us some coins of Diocletian or coins from the Thessalonica mint![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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