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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 25383784, member: 92212&quot;][USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER]&nbsp; Wow! 10-in-2 may be the highest ratio possible in ancient coinage! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER]&nbsp; That&#039;s a great group you posted! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I appeciate your inclusion of the unoffical issue.&nbsp; There&#039;s some similarity in its obverse portrait to my example below.&nbsp; Might it be unoffical also?&nbsp; The eyes/eyebrows area look a little off.&nbsp; Thoughts?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625418[/ATTACH]</p><p>Galerius portrait (issued under Maximian).</p><p>AR Argenteus, AD 295-297</p><p>Obv.: MAXIMIANVS NOB C; head of Galerius, laureate, right.</p><p>Rev.: VICTORIA – SARMAT; Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius Chlorus, and Galerius, draped, standing, sacrificing over tripod; behind, gate in turreted enclosure; Exergue mint mark: D</p><p>Diameter: 20 mm.&nbsp; Weight: 3.6 gr. </p><p>Attrib.: RIC VI Treveri (Trier) 105b</p><p><br /></p><p>The gouge above his head is quite a distraction. :-(&nbsp; But, that is largely why I was able to acquire it at a reduced price about a dozen years ago.&nbsp; Everytime I see this coin it makes me wonder if he isn&#039;t either balancing a large banana on his head, or, carrying a small bowl. ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625419[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1625420[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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