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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4231928, member: 87404&quot;]And IDing a Maximian would be to find the start of his name as well.&nbsp; For him, you&#039;d want to look for the MAX which might be easier to spot due to it the MA being similar to the Latin/English letters.&nbsp; The Greek X is written as Ξ (the letter Xi), and appears on these coins looking like a capital I with the serifs at the top and bottom (or a sideways H).</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you look, you should see the MAΞ/MAI look that starts Maximian&#039;s name (<b><u>ΜΑΞ</u></b>ΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ).</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_181017566.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also as <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-tetradrachms.356316/#post-4227633" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-tetradrachms.356316/#post-4227633">mentioned in a post above</a>, he has legends with no letters before (image above) and earlier legends with his other accolades and names before his name he&#039;s known by (A K M OYA <b><u>MAΞ</u></b>IMIANOC CЄB):</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/398064.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>**If you find the MAX in the legend, there is the possibility that it could not be Maximian, but rather Maximinus (circa 235-238 AD) which then you would want to compare the <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=alexandria+tetradrachm+maximinus+emmett&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=alexandria+tetradrachm+maximinus+emmett&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">head and bust shape</a> as there is a distinct different between them (even from ~50 years apart) as well as larger size and weight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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