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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4270955, member: 44316&quot;]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.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087354[/ATTACH] </p><p>Galerius. 27-26 mm. 9.82 grams.</p><p>Struck 305-6.</p><p>IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG</p><p>HERCVLI VICTORI</p><p>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.</p><p>VI</p><p>&nbsp;SISA</p><p>RIC VI Siscia 165b.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The very experienced seller attributed it to Maximian. After all, it says &quot;MAXIMIANVS&quot;, doesn&#039;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. </p><p><br /></p><p>I added it to my page on coins of the Second Tetrarchy here:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html#MHV" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html#MHV" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html</a></p><p>If you want to know how to distinguish Galerius from Maximian, I have a page on that here:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Show us another type with Hercules, or something else relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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