THE BRITANNIC COINAGE OF CONSTANTIUS
Produced during the First Tetrarchy c. 296-305 AD

COIN IMAGE GALLERY

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RIC VI, Lugdunum, No. 14a - DIOCLETIAN

IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG ............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 8.9 grams

Notes: Group I, (iv), Class I, No. 14-21 - unknown Continental Mint Invasion Coinage.

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RIC VI, Lugdunum, No. 14b - MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS

IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG ................................. GENIO POP -- VLI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 8.8 grams

Notes: Group I, (iv), Class I, No. 14-21 - unknown Continental Mint Invasion Coinage.

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RIC VI, Lugdunum, No. 17a - CONSTANTIUS

FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C .............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 10.1 grams

Notes: Group I, (iv), Class I, No. 14-21 - unknown Continental Mint Invasion Coinage.

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RIC VI, Lugdunum, No. 17b - GALERIUS MAXIMIAN

C VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C .............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 8.5 grams

Notes: Group I, (iv), Class I, No. 14-21 - unknown Continental Mint Invasion Coinage.

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RIC VI, Londinium, Diocletian No. 1a

IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG .................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI
LON in exergue

actual size of coin
weight: 9.1 grams

Notes: Group I, (i), No. 1-5 - Obverse and Reverse in the style of the unknown Continental Mint invasion coinage - Laureate head, right, with bare neck truncation - LON in reverse exergue. Similar to RIC Volume VI, Plate 1, 1a. Class I category descriptor is found in RIC VI, Lugdunum, Group I (page 243). 2010-08-11

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Galerius, London, Intermediate Group (Bastien: a) - laureate head - not in RIC (JPINT1).

C VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C ........................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 10.0 grams

Notes: Archetypal Intermediate Group (Bastien: a) - Unmarked follis with Lugdunum style laureate head and London style lettering - not in RIC.

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Constantius, London, Intermediate Group (Bastien: b) - Cuirassed, laureate bust - problematical in RIC as No. 20. (JPINT2).

FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C ........................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 8.8 grams

Notes: Intermediate Group (Bastien: b) - Cuirassed, laureate bust in fine style with the laurel wreath long ribbon laying on the neck. The obverse legend is rendered using typical British small, compact and thick letterforms, while the reverse legend is rendered using the typical Lugdunese somewhat larger and more delicate letterforms. Problematical in RIC as No. 20.

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Maximian Herculius, London, Intermediate Group (Bastien: b) - Cuirassed, laureate bust - problematical in RIC as No. 17. (JPINT3).

IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 8.5 grams

Notes: Intermediate Group (Bastien: b) - Unmarked follis with Lugdunum style cuirassed, laureate bust in fine style - problematical in RIC as No. 17. The very high quality of artistic rendition of both the obverse portrait and the reverse Genius make this doubtful as a Class II(b) coin - thus the Intermediate Group attribution.

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RIC VI, Londinium, Diocletian, No. 6a (1)

IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG .............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 10.3 grams

RIC VI, Londinium, Diocletian, No. 6a (2)

IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG .............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 9.9 grams

Notes: Group I, (ii), folles, Class II, (a), No. 6-16 - Cuirassed, laureate bust - small head on a tall neck - Similar to RIC Volume VI, Plate 1, 6a.

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RIC VI, Londinium, Maximian Herculius, No. 6b (1)

IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 8.8 grams

RIC VI, Londinium, Maximian Herculius, No. 6b (2)

IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 9.7 grams

Notes: Group I, (ii), folles, Class II, (a), No. 6-16 - Cuirassed, laureate bust - small head on a tall neck - Atypical depiction of Maximianus who is almost always shown on coins with a noticeably squat, heavy, "bull neck". See, for instance, coin No. 25 below.

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RIC VI, Londinium, Constantius, No. 14a

FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C .............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 9.1 grams

Notes: Group I, (ii), folles, Class II, (a), No. 6-16 - Cuirassed, laureate bust - small head on a tall neck.

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RIC VI, Londinium, Galerius, No. 15 (1)

MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES .............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 9.6 grams

Notes: Group I, (ii), folles, Class II, (a), No. 6-16 - Cuirassed, laureate bust - small head on a tall neck - Varietal form with laurel wreath long ribbon laying on the neck.

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RIC VI, Londinium, Galerius, No. 21 (tentative attribution).

MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES .............................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 10.2 grams

Notes: Group I, (ii), folles, Class II, (b), No. 17-22 - Laureate bust, cuirassed - shorter neck and proportional head. Bust with some Consular features - "palmed cuirass" - as described by Stewartby (Numismatic Chronicle article "Early Tetrarchic Coins of London from the Market Stainton Finds" ( Plate 28 - 26 & 27).

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RIC VI, Londinium, Constantius, No. 22 (tentative attribution).

CONSTANTIVS NOB C ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 11.9 grams

Notes: Group I, (ii), folles, Class II, (b), No. 17-22 - Laureate bust, cuirassed - shorter neck and proportional head. Bust with Consular features - "wavy line" cuirass - as described by Stewartby (Numismatic Chronicle article "Early Tetrarchic Coins of London from the Market Stainton Finds" ( Plate 28 - 28 & 29).

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RIC VI, Londinium, Maximian Herculius, No. 25

IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 10.2 grams

Notes: Group I, (iii), folles, Class III, No. 23-39 - Large, spread, laureate bust, cuirassed and draped - example of "consular robe" bust as described by Stewartby (Numismatic Chronicle article "Early Tetrarchic Coins of London from the Market Stainton Finds" ( Plate 27 - 12 & 13).

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RIC VI, Londinium, Diocletian, No. 28a

IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 11.4 grams

Notes: Group I, (iii), folles, Class III, No. 23-39 - Large, spread, cuirassed, laureate bust.

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RIC VI, Londinium, Galerius Maximian, No. 33 (1)

MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 10.2 grams

RIC VI, Londinium, Galerius Maximian, No. 33 (2)

MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 9.8 grams

Notes: Group I, (iii), folles, Class III, No. 23-39 - Large, spread, cuirassed, laureate bust.

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RIC VI, Londinium, Constantius, No. 37a (tentative attribution). (1)

CONSTANTIVS NOB C ................................. GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

actual size of coin
weight: 9.2 grams

Notes: Group I, (iii), folles, Class III, No. 23-39 - Large, spread, cuirassed, laureate bust.

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ASSOCIATED COINS OF CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS

RIC V, London, Carausius, No. 335

IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG ................................. PAX AVGGG

actual size of coin
weight: 3.7 grams

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RIC V, London, Carausius, No. 475

IMP C CARAVSIVS PF AVG ........................................... PAX AVG (S -- P)

actual size of coin
weight: 3.9 grams

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RIC V, London, Allectus, No. 33

IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG ................................. S -- A (ML exergue)

actual size of coin
weight: 5.1 grams

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