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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4601675, member: 44316"]I think that coins is actually Galerius, not Maximian, as Augustus during the Second Tetrarchy. RIC has it as Galerius, RIC Carthage 39b (I in the left field and B in exergue.)</p><p><br /></p><p>One reason to think so is the nose which is unlike the prominent upturned nose of Maximian. The reverse type is minted both during and after the First Tetrarchy, but RIC puts those with this legend and "I" in the left field and "B" in exergue under the Second Tetrarchy when Galerius was Augustus and using the name MAXIMIANVS and exactly the same legend that had been used earlier for some coins of Maximian. </p><p><br /></p><p>For more about the distinction, see: </p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Usually those two emperors are easier to tell apart than in this case. In this case the nose gives a hint, but RIC and its grouping of symbols in the field and exergue is convincing. (RIC Carthage 31b, otherwise the same, has H in the field.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For much more about that time period and its coins, here is a list of links:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For common folles of Maximian so you can see his portrait with his distinctive nose, see:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Maximianfolles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Maximianfolles.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Maximianfolles.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Carthage-mint coin of Maximian:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139782[/ATTACH] </p><p>29-27 mm. 9.82 grams.</p><p>SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART</p><p>B in exergue, nothing in the fields.</p><p>RIC Carthage 27b "c.298-9"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4601675, member: 44316"]I think that coins is actually Galerius, not Maximian, as Augustus during the Second Tetrarchy. RIC has it as Galerius, RIC Carthage 39b (I in the left field and B in exergue.) One reason to think so is the nose which is unlike the prominent upturned nose of Maximian. The reverse type is minted both during and after the First Tetrarchy, but RIC puts those with this legend and "I" in the left field and "B" in exergue under the Second Tetrarchy when Galerius was Augustus and using the name MAXIMIANVS and exactly the same legend that had been used earlier for some coins of Maximian. For more about the distinction, see: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html[/URL] Usually those two emperors are easier to tell apart than in this case. In this case the nose gives a hint, but RIC and its grouping of symbols in the field and exergue is convincing. (RIC Carthage 31b, otherwise the same, has H in the field.) For much more about that time period and its coins, here is a list of links: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html[/URL] For common folles of Maximian so you can see his portrait with his distinctive nose, see: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Maximianfolles.html[/URL] Here is a Carthage-mint coin of Maximian: [ATTACH=full]1139782[/ATTACH] 29-27 mm. 9.82 grams. SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART B in exergue, nothing in the fields. RIC Carthage 27b "c.298-9"[/QUOTE]
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