Hercules was very popular though--very much a "man of the people", since he was half man.
it's an unofficial issue...a barb, copying a Constantine I VLPP from Siscia http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/
Yes, Hercules was half-god, so lower in the pantheon than Jupiter. I don't know whether or not Diocletian assigned Maximianus to Hercules; but...
Styles change...a few years later, beards are out. Plus this is Diocletian's Tetrarchy, his "vision"...his style.
The Tetrarchic portraits are all military in nature, Diocletian was a barracks Emperor, --so strong, thick necked men with close cropped hair and...
from the first Tetrarchy, some FELIX ADVENT reverses from issue v -- [ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 297- 298 27x29mm 8.2gm IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F...
likely some sort of grain
I posted a similar Galerius in my first post-- Carthage 30b/32b [ATTACH]
A coin I sold, before deciding to collect Carthage by RIC number. One of many regrets in my life. :banghead: [ATTACH]
congrats. here is a die match I saw for sale a few years ago [ATTACH] and another one that belongs to forum member Hamilcar Barca [ATTACH]
Yes, they are fairly rare. This is my second example that I bought as an upgrade; but I plan on keeping both.
The ragged flan is a distinctive aspect of Carthage folles-- a result of the way that they were cast.
The mint in Carthage opened to fund the Roman campaign against the Quinquegentiani (People of the Five Tribes) a group of Berbers that rebelled...
I am looking for a Diocletian GENIO from Alexandria to finish my set of coins issued by Domitius Domitianus...
I just got a Constantine I from London [ATTACH] ex-Morris in a slab...about to be ex-slab also. this one arrived two weeks ago [ATTACH]...
an educational book-- Numismatic Forgery by Charles M. Larson [ATTACH]
this type, SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, was only issued in bronze
this one got hammered [ATTACH]
It looks like a circular object, which is common enough on this Thessalonica issue; though it makes no difference for the RIC number. The example...
not a book, but a two part series from the Celator-- http://community.vcoins.com/celator-vol-11-no-05/...
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