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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gao, post: 2133729, member: 19409&quot;]I&#039;ve gotten some more pictures, so here&#039;s an example from each original tetrarch.&nbsp; This is a Galerius from Trier that I rather like:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/19819/normal_Galerius_Trier.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Galerius as Caesar</p><p>Reigned as Caesar 293-305</p><p>Trier Mint</p><p>O: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate bust right</p><p>R: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius naked with chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, B in left field, gamma in right, TR mintmark in exergue</p><p>RIC VI Trier 213b</p><p><br /></p><p>No one has posted a coin from Alexandria yet, so here&#039;s one of Maximian:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/19819/normal_Maximianus_Alexandria.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Maximianus</p><p>reigned 286-305</p><p>coin stuck 300</p><p>O: IMP CMA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate bust right</p><p>R: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius naked, chlamys over left shoulder holding patera from which liquid flows, cornucopiae, XXI in left field, B in right.</p><p>RIC VI Alexandria 30b</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another mint no one has posted in this thread is Aquileia.&nbsp; I rather like the style of the bust on example of Diocletian:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/19819/normal_Diocletian_Aquileia.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian</p><p>Reigned 284-305</p><p>O: IMP DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG, Laureate bust right</p><p>R: SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae, AQS mintmark</p><p>RIC VI Aquileia 29a</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, this coin isn&#039;t the best struck, but it was struck on a bizarrely large and weirdly shaped flan.&nbsp; A lot of other collectors probably would have passed it up, and it didn&#039;t sell for much (I believe it was under $15), but I like coins with something unique about them, even if they have flaws.&nbsp; I&#039;m quite pleased to have this.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/19819/normal_Constantius_Carthage.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Constantius I as Caesar</p><p>Reigned as Caesar 293-305</p><p>O: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right</p><p>R: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL. KART, Carthago standing looking left with fruits in both hands[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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