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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2320233, member: 57495&quot;]I&#039;m guilty of thinking that some coins of the Tetrarchy can be a bit dull (looking at you, Genius standing), but the truth is that I do have something of a soft spot for those large folles with their chubby, big-headed portraits.&nbsp; They tend to be almost embarrassingly well-made, hefty in hand, and plentiful enough so as not to tax the wallet when you want one.&nbsp; And, when I see one that is NOT Genius standing, I always think it deserves a second or third look.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This Alexandria mint issue has a great pugnacious portrait of the only man who was emperor <b>THREE </b>times and a well-executed reverse of Hercules, the god whose name and attributes he adopted.&nbsp; RIC rates the issue common, but it was struck for a barely a year, and is in fact relatively scarce.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your coins of the Herculean one! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]468805[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS</b></p><p>AD 285-305 (first reign), AD 306-308 (second), AD 310 (third)</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>10.5g, 26.7mm</p><p>Alexandria mint, 1st officina, AD 304-305</p><p>RIC VI 38</p><p>O: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right.</p><p>R: HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules standing slightly right, head left, holding club and apples, with lion skin draped over arm; S in left field, P over A in right field, ALE in exergue.&nbsp; </p><p>Notes: RIC dates this new type issued for Maximianus and Constantius I at Alexandria circa AD 304-305, suggesting it may have replaced the familiar Genius standing type in the year running up to the impending retirement of Diocletian and Maximianus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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