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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3846628, member: 83956&quot;]Those are beautiful examples, Al. In their catalog of the London mint of Constantius and Constantine, Cloke and Toone include a generous discussion of the headgear of Genius on the top coin type. And that is a pretty steep drop. 4g! Do we know why these folles lose so much weight in a single year?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, this one is probably my earliest. A fairly rare/scarce issue:</p><p><br /></p><p>Autumn-December 306 A.D.</p><p>26.09 x 29.82 mm</p><p>10.38 g.&nbsp; 0°</p><p>CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES; laureate and draped bust right, seen from the rear.</p><p>VIRTVS AV-GG ET CAESS NN; Mars helmeted advancing right; holding transverse spear, trophy over left shoulder; • in left field.</p><p>PT; first officina of the Ticinum mint</p><p>RIC VI Ticinum 76</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1020131[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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