The first Tetrarchs: Diocletian & Galerius -- Maximianus & Constantius
Historical Overview
History of
Roman Coinage in Britain: 43-410 AD. Secessionist Britain
and the Coinage under the Usurper Augusti, Carausius
& Allectus plus the "Invasion Coinage" of
Constantius. Restoration of Britain to the Roman Empire
by Constantius in 296 and the establishment of the
official London Mint. Go to the
Historical Overview Page.
Coin Composition, Mint Marks & Style
Composition, mint
marks and styling of the coinage produced by the London
Mint 296-325 AD including summaries of coinage series and
issues listed in RIC Volumes VI and VII (Londinium ~
London). The photographic exemplar illustrations include
actual coin sizes and styling notations. Go to the Coin Composition, Mint Marks and
Style Page.
The Tetrarchs & Imperial Claimants
Establishment (296
AD), operation and production of the London Mint under
the Tetrarchs and the subsequent Imperial Claimants until
the death of Maximinus in 313 AD and the division of the
Empire between Constantine and Licinius. Ref: THE
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINAGE (RIC), Volume VI (Londinium).
Go to the Tetrarchs and
Imperial Claimants Page.
Constantine & Licinius
Continuation of
the operation and production of the London Mint under
Constantine and Licinius as co-Augusti (313 AD), and
subsequently under Constantine as sole Augustus until the
London Mint closure in 325 AD. Ref: THE ROMAN
IMPERIAL COINAGE (RIC), Volume VII (London).
Go to the Constantine and
Licinius Page.
Roman Coin Inscriptional Lettering
Capitalis
Monumentalis lettering in Ancient Rome and its
modification and adaptation by the coin engravers of the
Roman Empire with particular emphasis on folles produced
by the London Mint. Includes lettering examples and
numerous coin image exemplars. Go to
the Roman Coin Inscriptional Lettering Page.
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Semantic data Extraction
Semantic data extraction of Roman coins of the London Mint 296-325 AD using the W3C extractor. The way to see the tabulated XML data is to use a Firefox Browser with The Tabulator Extension installed
Biographical
I was born and grew up in the vicinity of Ribchester, the site of a Roman Auxiliary Fort (Bremetenacum Veteranorum), and in close proximity to York (Eboracum), the main Roman stronghold in the North of England. I developed a keen interest in the history of Roman Britain, including collecting associated coins, as a young boy and maintain that interest to this day.
Coin Photography
All photographs of coins used in the body of these web pages were taken by me using a Pentax Optio W10 digital camera (in Macro mode) attached to a mini tripod. Coins were placed on smooth black velvet cloth and illuminated by natural day light. Main exemplar photos were cropped and resized to 300x300 pixels using Pentax ACDsee software. All photos are "raw" and have not been enhanced or post-processed in any way.
Footnotes
Footnote links are identified by numbers enclosed in [square brackets] in the body of the text as are the return to location in page links that terminate each Footnote. The source citation acronyms can be found in the References section at the bottom of those pages.
Numismatic Excellence Award
Core Reference Books
LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World
This division of Bill Thayer's Web site is a monumental online reference resource for students of Ancient Rome. It includes a section devoted to Roman Britain -- of particular interest here is Bill Thayer's online copy of John Ward's informative and detailed Book (now in the Public Domain) The Roman Era in Britain and especially the Coins and Roman Britain page - no illustrations, but much useful information.
Roman-Britain.org
Kevan W. White's comprehensive reference resource for all things pertaining to Roman Britain. Link to go to the Roman-Britain.org Web Site
Stemmatas
De Imperatoribus Romanis offers this facility. There are two Stemmatas that are relevant here, The Stemmata of the Emperors of the Tetrarchy, and The Stemmata of the Neo-Flavian Emperors. Clicking on the individual boxes will produce a Biography of the selected personage and a comprehensive Bibliography.
London Mint data compilation
London Mint: AD 296-325 - Ken Elks' comprehensive resource that includes a link to his Obverse & Reverse types and Legends page.
RIC Volume VII (London Mint) Update
The London Mint 313-318 AD - A Preliminary Listing - Lee Toone's PDF update of RIC Volume VII (London Mint) coins.
WildWinds Coin Search
WildWinds - Popular resource that provides numerous exemplar coin photographs with sales data plus links to numerous coin Archives.
