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Message:: [QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2790780, member: 44316"]Yes. It has GAL in the name..            The Augustus we call Galerius was named C. Galerius Valerius Maximianus. His coins which used legends such as IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG can easily be confused with coins of Maximianus Herculius who was M. Aurelius Valerius Maximianus. Both have "Valerius" and "Maximianus" in their names, which is why we use "Galerius" to distinguish the one with Galerius in his name. Since Herculius was never titled Caesar on coins and Galerius was, when coins of "MAXIMIANVS" use the title NOB C instead of AVG, they belong to Galerius. Galerius's coins as Augustus can be distinguished by type, size, and sometimes by the legend containing GAL VAL preceding MAXIMIANVS. However, one must be careful to note that only the extra "A" distinguishes (GAL VAL) MAXIMIANVS (Galerius) from (GAL VAL) MAXIMINVS (Maximinus II), both as Caesar and as Augustus. Here are examples:[ATTACH=full]648138[/ATTACH] Galerius, as Augustus  25 mm.  Struck late 308 - 310  at Alexandria  IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG  [not MAXIMINVS, compare to the next coin.]  GENIO IMPERATORIS [ATTACH=full]648134[/ATTACH] Maximinus II  23 mm. 12:00.  Struck 312 as Augustus at his own mint Alexandria  IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG[not MAXIMIANVS, compare to the previous coin.]  GENIO AVGVSTI[/QUOTE]