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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaCointessa, post: 2754289, member: 87186&quot;][ATTACH=full]631559[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]631560[/ATTACH] Here&#039;s my fourth attempt at attribution. And when I started out on this one, I thought I was dealing with another double Victory! I was surprised to learn that it was something different; and, then I was amazed to see that there was, indeed, a tiny little Victory included in the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another of the ancients that Victor Clark sent me. Victor, please accept my gratitude.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin and below is my tentative attribution. This attribution took the bulk of my study time today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Attribution</p><p>Maximian BI Antoninianus. Cyzicus, AD 293-295.</p><p>Obv - IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev - CONCORDIA MILITVM •,</p><p>Emperor standing right, holding sceptre and receiving statue of crowning Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, also holding sceptre; S between, XXI•&nbsp; in exergue</p><p>RIC 607*</p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff8000"><b>Alloy of 1 part silver and 20 parts copper or 4.77% silver. Some mints used Greek numerals to express the same thing so you will see KA in place of XXI. </b>(Thanks to [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER])&nbsp; </span></p></blockquote><p>3.6 grams</p><p>narrowest dimension- 19.05mm</p><p>widest dimension - 22.22 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">Questions:</span></p><p>*RIC describes reverse as Diocletian receiving the Victory statue but I think it may be actually Maximianus receiving it as is described in other attributions of similar reverses.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 179, 0)">The coin is part of a matching set. Emperor Diocletian also had the same type of coin minted for him at the same time. They were both co-Emperors. </span><span style="color: #000000">(</span></b><span style="color: #59b300">Thanks to [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER]</span><span style="color: #000000">)</span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #0059b3"><b>This type was minted for all the members of the Tetrarchy-- Diocletian, Maximianus, Constantius I and Galerius. (</b>Thanks to [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER])</span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Kamp 120.22 is very similar but silvered and has Maximianus with these dates: (286-305AD) but RIC has later dates. Are they different Maximianuses? It is on my list to research later; but I think 4 hours is enough for today.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #0059b3"><b>The dates you cite from Kamp (286- 305) are the dates of his total rule, versus the RIC dates of when the coin was actually struck.</b></span></p><p>(<span style="color: #0059b3">Thanks to [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER]</span>).</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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