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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2377728, member: 19463&quot;]Well no, actually, it was the smallest show I have ever been to.&nbsp; One guy had a couple hundred ancients of which maybe ten would have followed me home at $10 each.&nbsp; I ended up buying two (the other was shown on another thread here) mostly because the dealer is a friend and the guy who makes the local clubs survive so I wanted to buy something.&nbsp; That is a problem with shows - you feel funny going home empty so you buy something</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is an antoninianus of Maximianus when he first joined Diocletian as co-Augustus and became associated with Hercules along with Diocletian&#039;s association with Jupiter.&nbsp; We see more of his coins showing two reverse figures so I do not mind having this solo Hercules.&nbsp; The coin is only moderately well struck but has little wear.&nbsp; Unfortunately it is a classic example of the ugly stage silver washed coins pass through when they start to lose their silvering.&nbsp; It would be a prettier coin if entirely brown but it is what it is.&nbsp; RIC 437 page 270 (Lugdunum mint) allows more than one placement of the C or its absence without changing the RIC number.&nbsp; I do not know the meaning of the C.&nbsp; (Help, please.) Hercules is shown with his club resting on a rock.&nbsp; His lion skin is slightly indicated around his forearm. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]487089[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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