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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 2320667, member: 14873"]MAXIMIAN - Augustus of the West</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon17o1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left">Cuirassed, Laureate bust - London, Intermediate Group, Bastien (b) - problematical in RIC as No. 17. Other Legend/Titulature Inscriptions include:</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b>IMP MAXIMIANVS PI FE AVG</b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b> IMP MAXIMIANVS PIVS AVG</b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b> IMP C MAXIMIANVS PI AVG</b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b> IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG</b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b> IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG</b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b> IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG</b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">Maximian did not pursue a quiet retirement in the manner of Diocletian after their abdication in 305 - he could not relinquish power easily. He emerged from retirement to ally himself as co-Augustus with his son, Maxentius, who had proclaimed himself Augustus in Rome (not recognized by Galerius, the then reigning Augustus); then he allied himself with Constantine (son and heir of Constantius) and colluded with him to declare him Augustus (again not recognized by Galerius). He finally died by his own hand (310) after a failed plot (which was exposed by his own daughter, Fausta) to depose Constantine. RIC (Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume VI) uses the appellation Maximian Herculius while many reference authors use Maximian and most collectors and coin dealers use Maximianus. Note: Caution should be exercised when attributing the coins of Galerius & Maximian due to the similarity of the name forms. </p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">James</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 2320667, member: 14873"]MAXIMIAN - Augustus of the West [center] [img]http://jp29.org/lon17o1.jpg[/img] [b]IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG[/b] [/center] [LEFT]Cuirassed, Laureate bust - London, Intermediate Group, Bastien (b) - problematical in RIC as No. 17. Other Legend/Titulature Inscriptions include: [b]IMP MAXIMIANVS PI FE AVG IMP MAXIMIANVS PIVS AVG IMP C MAXIMIANVS PI AVG IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG[/b] Maximian did not pursue a quiet retirement in the manner of Diocletian after their abdication in 305 - he could not relinquish power easily. He emerged from retirement to ally himself as co-Augustus with his son, Maxentius, who had proclaimed himself Augustus in Rome (not recognized by Galerius, the then reigning Augustus); then he allied himself with Constantine (son and heir of Constantius) and colluded with him to declare him Augustus (again not recognized by Galerius). He finally died by his own hand (310) after a failed plot (which was exposed by his own daughter, Fausta) to depose Constantine. RIC (Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume VI) uses the appellation Maximian Herculius while many reference authors use Maximian and most collectors and coin dealers use Maximianus. Note: Caution should be exercised when attributing the coins of Galerius & Maximian due to the similarity of the name forms. James [/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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