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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2321085, member: 31620&quot;]Here we have a coin proclaiming the virtues of both Maximianus and Diocletian. A political statement displaying the primary deities of both emperors side by side.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Maximianus Antoninianus </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– VIRTVS AVGG, Jupiter standing right, holding scepter, clasping hand of Hercules standing left holding club and lion’s skin</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (//C). Emission 2, Officina 3. Spring to Summer A.D. 286</p><p>Reference:– Cohen 604. Bastien VII 62 (12 examples cited). RIC V Pt. 2 432</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_146de_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He did sometimes produce his own Jupiter coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Maximianus Follis</b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– IOVI CONS CAES, Jupiter standing left, holding Victoriola in right hand, leaning on sceptre in left, chlamys over left shoulder</p><p>Minted in Alexandria (S | D/P //ALE). A.D. 305 to A.D. 306</p><p>Reference:– RIC VI Alexandria 54 (S)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_146dg_img~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He tends to look quite brutish on the later folles from Lugdunum. I know... it&#039;s just an ordinary Genius type.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Maximianus Follis</b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding patera.</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (// PLC). A.D. 307 - 310</p><p>Reference:– Bastien XI 468 . RIC VI Lugdunum 253 (Scarce)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_146cy_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I did have a liking for the Senior Augustus coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Maximianus Follis </b></p><p>Obv:– D N MAXIMIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust right in imperial mantle, olive branch in right hand, mappa in left</p><p>Rev:– PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies standing left, branch upward in right hand, vertical sceptre in left</p><p>Minted in Cyzicus (S | F // KD). A.D. 305-306</p><p>Reference:- RIC VI Cyzicus 23b (Scarce)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_146cl_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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