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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3630748, member: 87404&quot;]Correct, issuing years roughly 291/292 - 294/295 AD (or maybe 293/294?)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Emmett shares that the * is actually an officina mark, but it does not appear in the exergue like the others, rather in the fields (either side, it seems). So those without exergue seems to have a star.&nbsp; The star is actually much more common (in my eyes)...&nbsp; and even predates the other officina marks (see the Year 6 Maximianus in the OP).&nbsp; Interesting?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Confusing? Yes.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=85286" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=85286" rel="nofollow">example</a> similar to yours but has neither exergue or star...&nbsp; maybe it&#039;s like an SAT/ACT question... &quot;Every tet with officina mark was struck between 291-294, but not every tet struck between 291-294 has an officina mark.&quot;&nbsp; Could there have been officinas striking coins with no marks?</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/27/88/85286.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>EDIT: or is what is hanging below the groundline a Gamma or something?&nbsp; I initially thought of it as the extension of clothing.</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A or Delta... Here&#039;s two (<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4067808" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4067808" rel="nofollow">1</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4551525" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4551525" rel="nofollow">2</a>) with, I believe, Delta in ex from ACSearch (same type as each other).&nbsp; Though, you said &quot;clear&quot; and it&#039;s not very, but there is something that resembles a Delta down there (they do tend to be pretty small, these Dio deltas).</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/124/4024/4067808.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/33/4515/4551525.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then here is <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1372582" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1372582" rel="nofollow">one</a> Year 10 with no exergue or star...</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/93/1520/1372582.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So it appears to most likely end during the (early?) period of Diocletian&#039;s Year 10, which would&#039;ve then been the 293/294 AD year designation, correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an interesting topic, that&#039;s for certain![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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