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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 24898602, member: 10613&quot;]Speaking of his last issue, here is another recent pickup. A posthumous issue struck by Constantine; who seemed to forget how Maximianus stabbed him in the back. Of course, Constantine wants the people to remember he married the daughter of Max in an effort to further strengthen his claims as the best ever.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the rarer follis versus the more common fractional. Interestingly, the reverse legend on this larger sized coin was abbreviated to MERIT; while on the fractionals it was MERITORVM.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599946[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Divo Maximianus</font></p><p><font size="4">A.D. 317- 318</font></p><p><font size="4">Ӕ follis&nbsp;&nbsp; 19mm&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2.7g</font></p><p><font size="4">DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP; laureate and veiled head right.</font></p><p><font size="4">REQVIES OPTIMORVM MERIT; Maximianus seated left on a curule chair.</font></p><p><font size="4">In ex. RQ</font></p><p><font size="4">RIC VII Rome 104</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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