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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1527127, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc5.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc5.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc5.html</a><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" rel="nofollow">F</a>ollis is really a modern term that means little more than coin but sometimes we see it used as &#039;bag of coins&#039; indicating it is a larger denomination which might be taken as a unit of five or forty smaller coins (depending on the period).&nbsp; The other abused coin is &#039;nummus&#039; which also means coin but collectors throw around like they know what it should have meant.&nbsp; The fact is we have a very poor grasp on what the original users of these coins called them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yours is relatively large and early following the reform of Diocletian.&nbsp; It is common to find these relatively thin coins poorly struck since there was too little metal to fill out both dies.&nbsp; Collectors should pay extra for bodies of Genius with head, feet and all in-between fully formed (this is the 300AD equivalent of full steps nickels).&nbsp; Your coin appears to have been bulk cleaned (maybe tumbled???) rather than from the uncleaned lot ... or am I missing something here?&nbsp; Be very careful reading these coins because a single letter can make all the difference on ID.&nbsp; Maximinus II is correct here (good job, guys).&nbsp; &nbsp; I have a page on that, too.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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