Sallent's Top 20 of 2017 (With plenty of drama and suspense, and some clickbait)

My favorite Maximian -- and I have lots of 'em:


Maximian, AD 286-308
Roman Æ Antoninianus; 3.78 mm, 23.0 mm, 12 h
Cyzicus, AD 293-294
Obv: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust right
Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM•, Emperor standing right, receiving Victory from Jupiter standing left; Г/XII•
Refs: RIC 607; Cohen 53; RCV 13115

 

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Julia's Venus oh-la-la coin. But your reverse is far superior to mine...hers.

 

It is an excellent coin and worthy of its #1 position. I have special fondness for coins with something other than letters in the mintmark. #1 has the club reminding us that Maximianus was the Roman Hercules. While I have coins of Maximianus that could be shown, the appropriate one here is the Diocletian that accompanied #1 but in place of the club of Hercules has the thunderbolt of Jupiter (with whom Diocletian identified).