Hello, I'm not a collector of ancients but I bought these because I thought it was a pretty good deal ($60 for all of them). Can you help me ID them? Three seem to say Maximianus and the other I believe is Diocletian. All the coins are the size of a British half penny/U.S. half dollar or a few MM smaller.
Doug Smith has an article on identifying these types - google "Doug Smith" and "ancient coins" - once you find them go through the articles which I think are in date order. It is the best resource for not just this issue but others aspects of the hobby. This is a very good, if not amazing price,
Coin 1 Diocletian A.D. 301 IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; laureate head right. SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR; Moneta standing left with scales & cornucopiae; V in right. In ex. AQP RIC VI Aquileia 31a Coin 2 Maximianus A.D. 296-303 IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera, left cornucopiae. No mintmark RIC VI London 6b/17 Coin 3 Galerius A.D. 302- 303 GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES; laureate head right. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera, left cornucopiae; Γ in right field. In ex. TS RIC VI Thessalonica 24b Coin 4 Maximianus A.D. 303- 305 IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera, left cornucopiae; S-F across fields. In ex. TR RIC VI Trier 582b
