This coin arrived today from Europe, which confirms shipments are still coming. It is interesting to me because I have been studying the tetrarchies and this is a second- tetrarchy issue. Galerius. 27-26 mm. 9.82 grams. Struck 305-6. IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG HERCVLI VICTORI Hercules standing front, head left, resting right hand on club and holding apples in the his left hand, with his left forearm draped with his lion skin. VI SISA RIC VI Siscia 165b. The very experienced seller attributed it to Maximian. After all, it says "MAXIMIANVS", doesn't it? Nevertheless, it is a Second-Tetrarchy coin of Galerius, not Maximian. This issue with this field mark includes three rulers--this person, Constantius as Augustus, and Maximinus II as Caesar--which confirms it is a Second-Tetrarchy issue of Galerius. I added it to my page on coins of the Second Tetrarchy here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html If you want to know how to distinguish Galerius from Maximian, I have a page on that here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html Show us another type with Hercules, or something else relevant!
..yup, it's kinda confusin' sometimes...i've got a couple o those, but for brevitys sake, i'l show one..
Very nice one. I know this is a Gordian III, but the reverse shows Hercules, a club and the apples...
I had a Maximin Daia sold to me as a Galerius. The legend was GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG. Now if it had said Maximianus it would have been Galerius. It sometimes gets a bit confusing between the tetrarchs.
An interesting page from someone we all know and appreciate : http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html
This Galerius was sold to me by an experienced dealer who thought it was Maximian. Galerius Follis Obv:– IMP MAXIMIANVS P F IN AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding patera Minted in London (_). Group II - i. May A.D. 305 - Late A.D. 306 or into Early A.D. 307 Reference(s) – Cohen ?. RIC VI London 50 (R, citing Voetter with a footnote stating that confirmation is needed). LMCC (page 126) 4.03.012 Same die pair as LMCC plate coin and BM example (BM B.54, 9.98g, 6h. ex De Salis 1860) 9.77 gms. 29.01 mm diameter. 180 degree die orientation
I guess I'll show the coin in question. Alexandria mint, with a fitting Serapis bust sitting on Genius' outstretched hand.
@Valentinian ....Good looking coin with a nice sand patina and really like the depiction of Hercules....Cool. I have one Gal.....I just checked your really helpful webpage just to make doubly sure..... Galerius Maximianus as Caesar AE Follis minted 297 AD.11,46 g. 25 mm. Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES. Laureate Head right Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI/ (crescent)/ D// ANT. Genius standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera. RIC VI 49b Antioch From an old collection formed in the 1920s. Ex Münzhandlung Kallai, Vienna.
Hercules - Empire Gallienus Silvered Æ Ant CE 263-264 AVG rad cuiras R Hercules R lion skin club star RIC 673 RI Gordian III 238-244 CE AE As 25mm Hercules S-C RI Commodus 177-192 CE AR Denarius laureate hd and Hercules and Africa
That is such a helpful site you have @Valentinian , thanks! I recently added this Maximinus II and was thrown off by the “GAL VAL” in the legend, but now I know it was correctly identified as Maximinus II and not Galerius. Maximinus II, as Caesar, Follis (25 mm, 7.20 g), Nicomedia, 308-309. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES Laureate head of Maximinus II to right. Rev. GENIO CA-ESARIS CMH / SMNB Genius, nude but for chlamys, standing front, head to left, wearing kalathos and holding patera from which liquor flows in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left. RIC 55.
Some very nice examples in this thread. TI QUINCTIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Bust of Hercules left, wearing lion's skin headdress, club over shoulder REVERSE: two horses left, rider on the nearer horse, dot X; TI Q and rat below, DOS.S in incuse on tablet in ex. Struck at Rome 112-111 BC 3.92g, 18mm Cr297/1;Quinctia 6
Bear with me, as I'm fairly new to this. Please(OP or others) let me know if I have this correct. This is: Galerius Maximianus Alexandria Mint Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right. Reverse: GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae. K in left field, D over P in right field And this is: Maximinus II Serdica Mint Obverse: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head right Reverse: GENIO CA-ESARIS; The Genius of Caesar standing left, holding cornucopia and pouring libation from patera; star in left field, Δ in right field •SM•SD• in exergue
There are a few coins that are easily confused unless you can look them up in RIC but the vast majority of the errors we see come from ignoring the basic rules like READ every letter (especially A). Valentinian's page is great. My page was posted in 1998 but still works. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html Neither page will help in the least if you don't read all the letters present without adding in ones that are not there.
Same reverse type as the OP, but in this case, for the original Maximianus. MAXIMIANUS AE Follis. 10.5g, 26.7mm. Alexandria mint, 1st officina, AD 304-305. RIC VI 38. O: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right. R: HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules standing slightly right, head left, holding club and apples, with lion skin draped over arm; S in left field, P over A in right field, ALE in exergue.
I believe so, considering the spacing of the lettering after the X. The (first) 'I' and the 'M' are kind of blotchy, but then I see a distinct 'I', and then what appears to be the shape of an 'A' before 'NVS'.
...mine(this one anyway) was marked Hercules...but after looking here, i realize it's Genius...i love the education here