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Message:: [QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3045744, member: 14873"] The following heading descriptions (taken from RIC Volume VI) includes the alternate name forms frequently used by collectors, dealers and some authors of historical texts and reference documents: DIOCLETIAN ........................ (no other names commonly used)MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS ...... Maximianus, HerculiusCONSTANTIUS .................... Constantius I, Constantius ChlorusGALERIUS MAXIMIAN ......... GaleriusSEVERUS ............................. Severus II,MAXIMINUS .......................... Maximinus II, Maximinus Daia, DazaCONSTANTINE ..................... Constantine I, Constantinus Note: Caution should be exercised when attributing folles of Galerius Maximian (Caius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) & Maximian Herculius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) due to the similarity of their titulature. Galerius Maximian was both Caesar and Augustus during this time period whereas Maximian Herculius was always only Augustus. Therefor coins bearing the titulature MAXIMIANVS plus NOBIL CAES, NOB CAES, NOBIL C, etc., can only be those of Galerius Maximian. There is a special problem with Galerius as Augustus coins: The titulature is mostly exactly the same as that of Maximian Herculius and frequently the only way to differentiate between the two is by the portraiture on the coin obverse.[/QUOTE]