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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2287940, member: 73473&quot;]<b>Number 2</b></p><p>&quot;There is nothing impossible to him who will try&quot;~ Alexander the Great</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458390[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade: <b>VF</b></p><p>Catalog: <b>Price 1503, BMC -, M.907, SNG Cop. 893</b></p><p>Material: <b>Silver</b></p><p>Weight: <b>4.15 g</b></p><p>Diameter: <b>13.90 mm</b></p><p>Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), Abydus mint, issued <b><i>328-323 B.C</i></b>., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with line border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, figure of Hermes to left in left field, under throne monogram HH ligated, ALEXANDRO* to right.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is just plain cool!</p><p>I like to think that it could have been held in the great Alexander&#039;s hands or perhaps by one of his men while on campaign.</p><p>Truly amazing!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Number 1( Sorta)</b></p><p>&quot;Thousands of barbarians fight for me and receive rations from me&quot;.~ Flavius Magnus Clemens Maximus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458391[/ATTACH]</p><p>and</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458392[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Magnus Maximus AR Siliquae</p><p>1st coin</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>MAGNUS MAXIMUS AD 383-388</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AR SILVER SILIQUA</b></font></p><p>Mint - Trier</p><p>Obverse : DN MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG</p><p>Reverse : VIRTVS ROMANORVM</p><p>18 mm 2.11g.</p><p>RIC IX Trier 84b, RSC 20a.</p><p><i><b>Nice portrait and good metal but a slight flan crack at one o&#039;clock. Slightly worn die or flat struck on reverse.</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>2nd coin</p><p><b>Denomination</b>: Silver siliqua.</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Trier, 2nd officina</p><p><b>Size</b>: 17.5 x 18.6 mm.</p><p><b>Weight</b>: 2.05 grams</p><p><b>Reference</b>: Sear-4201.&nbsp; RSC-20a</p><p><b>Grade</b>: good VF, nice strike on a good flan with full inscriptions.</p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Head of Magnus Maximus right, with DN MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG around.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Roma enthroned, head left, holding a sceptre and a small figure of Victory set on a globe, with VIRTVS ROMANORVM around, and the mint mark TRPS below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Defiantly deserving of the number 1 slot, these two obverse die matched Siliqua of Magnus Maximus are what launched me into my obsession with the Late Roman Empire, Magnus Maximus, and Siliquae.</p><p>Wow, what a year!</p><p>Making this list was very difficult but I think I did an okay job.</p><p>I would like to thank you guys on the Ancients board for putting up with me&nbsp; this last year and for being good honest people.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would specifically like to thank [USER=71514]@Pishpash[/USER] , [USER=76032]@SIliquae[/USER] , and [USER=73372]@Topcat7[/USER]. Without them most of these coins would not be here on this list.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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