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<p>[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 3378709, member: 77226"]Recently I received the very awesome coin below. It's from an issue of interesting coins that have a coded mint mark including portions of either the word "Hercules" for Maximian and "Jupiter" for Diocletian ("HP" on my coin). See Doug's page linked below to learn about them... he explains it better than I would.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug Smith's Page on 'Coded' Antoniniani:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]896856[/ATTACH]</p><p><i><font size="3">Maximianus</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">AE Antoninianus (pre-reform),</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">Siscia</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">290 AD</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">obv. IMP CMA VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, radiate head right.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">rev. CONSERVATOR AVGG, Emperor, holding sceptre, and </font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">Hercules, shouldering club and lion's skin, standing </font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">face to face, sacrificing at altar.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">A in left field.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">Mintmark dot XXI dot HP dot.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">RIC V-II, Siscia 582 var. (reverse type, obv. legend and</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">bust type), unrecorded; Cohen:-.</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>What's cool about mine is the depiction of Hercules. In nearly all of these coins, Hercules is leaning on his club... without the lion skin that is one of his other main attributes. Like this coin below:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]896857[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On my coin (1st coin above), you can see that Hercules is holding both his club (on shoulder rather than leaning on it) and the lion skin in the same arm. The coin is in great shape with a lot of detail and silvering. It's really fun to look at under magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Let's see your Maximian or Diocletian CONSERVATOR AVGG coins!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some more information if you're interested the series:</p><p><br /></p><p>Google the title:</p><p><i>SISCIAN ISSUES OF CONSERVATOR AVGG ANTONINIANI FOR DIOCLETIAN AND MAXIMIAN</i></p><p>(I didn't want to link it because it automatically downloads the pdf (in my computer's case))</p><p><br /></p><p>And a link to information on an interesting mule of the type (but unrelated to my specific coin):</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/east_meets_west.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/east_meets_west.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/east_meets_west.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 3378709, member: 77226"]Recently I received the very awesome coin below. It's from an issue of interesting coins that have a coded mint mark including portions of either the word "Hercules" for Maximian and "Jupiter" for Diocletian ("HP" on my coin). See Doug's page linked below to learn about them... he explains it better than I would. Doug Smith's Page on 'Coded' Antoniniani: [url]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html[/url] [ATTACH=full]896856[/ATTACH] [I][SIZE=3]Maximianus AE Antoninianus (pre-reform), Siscia 290 AD obv. IMP CMA VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, radiate head right. rev. CONSERVATOR AVGG, Emperor, holding sceptre, and Hercules, shouldering club and lion's skin, standing face to face, sacrificing at altar. A in left field. Mintmark dot XXI dot HP dot. RIC V-II, Siscia 582 var. (reverse type, obv. legend and bust type), unrecorded; Cohen:-.[/SIZE][/I] What's cool about mine is the depiction of Hercules. In nearly all of these coins, Hercules is leaning on his club... without the lion skin that is one of his other main attributes. Like this coin below: [ATTACH=full]896857[/ATTACH] On my coin (1st coin above), you can see that Hercules is holding both his club (on shoulder rather than leaning on it) and the lion skin in the same arm. The coin is in great shape with a lot of detail and silvering. It's really fun to look at under magnification. [B]Let's see your Maximian or Diocletian CONSERVATOR AVGG coins![/B] Here's some more information if you're interested the series: Google the title: [I]SISCIAN ISSUES OF CONSERVATOR AVGG ANTONINIANI FOR DIOCLETIAN AND MAXIMIAN[/I] (I didn't want to link it because it automatically downloads the pdf (in my computer's case)) And a link to information on an interesting mule of the type (but unrelated to my specific coin): [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/east_meets_west.htm[/url][/QUOTE]
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