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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2320365, member: 19463&quot;]I, too, suffer from the tendency to avoid Genius coins even though there are some good looking ones.&nbsp; My favorite Maximianus coins are pre-reform so not the large follis size. </p><p><br /></p><p>First is the rare issue by Carausius from the London mint in his attempt to be &#039;one of the boys&#039; with Diocletian and Maximianus.&nbsp; The big deal on the coin is the legend ending AVGGG indicating three Augusti.&nbsp; The other two did not recognize Carausius so only GGG coins are from the British mints controlled by Carausius.&nbsp; Someday I will upgrade this coin to one that has the crucial GGG on flan but it is what it is. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]468848[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The other special pre-reform coin are part of the code series where the three officina of the Siscia mint split up the Greek word for Hercules HP-KOY-lambdaI to match their Greek numeral officina (here gamma=3).&nbsp; The numeral can be found before or after XXI or in the field so a set is at least 9 coins.&nbsp; The scene shows Maximianus and Hercules (the bodybuilder on the right) sacrificing over a tripod.&nbsp; My page on coded coins shows the others if anyone is interested. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]468849[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My most recent addition to this series is this similar coin with the gamma before the XXI and an error where the cutter crossed the lambda making the code AI.&nbsp; I had not seen this one before.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]468850[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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