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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6479418, member: 26430"]The Maximian, Galerius, Maximianus legends always make me a bit nervous, so I find myself trying to double and triple-check them before sharing. It's helpful to see new examples like this to know what things to pay attention to and keep an eye out for.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Hopefully I've got the RIC #s right below, but this is admittedly less familiar territory to me.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Maximianus Herculius</u></b>: Looking through my "big green folles" I could only find a single Maximianus (Thessalonica, RIC 23b, not very attractive, unfortunately. This one has the IMP C MA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG legend:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258828[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Maximianus Herculius</u></b>: I believe these three Alexandrian Potin Tetradrachms are from Maximianus, though these ones can be even more challenging than the Imperial AE, especially in worn condition like this (just in case things weren't complicated enough, I recently picked up a couple Egypt, Alexandrian Tets of Maximus and Maximinus I; not pictured):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258837[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>Galerius</u></b>: The only one of my folles of this style that I'm attached to would be this SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR from Aqulieia (RIC 36b). MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES obverse legend:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258831[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The long legends are fascinating! I don't have any of the very long legends from this period, though I do have a Galerius GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES (Heraclea mint, RIC 20b, I believe)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258827[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, here's a Galerius GAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG with a GENIO IMPERATORI reverse type from Cyzicus (RIC 44):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258832[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6479418, member: 26430"]The Maximian, Galerius, Maximianus legends always make me a bit nervous, so I find myself trying to double and triple-check them before sharing. It's helpful to see new examples like this to know what things to pay attention to and keep an eye out for. (Hopefully I've got the RIC #s right below, but this is admittedly less familiar territory to me.) [B][U]Maximianus Herculius[/U][/B]: Looking through my "big green folles" I could only find a single Maximianus (Thessalonica, RIC 23b, not very attractive, unfortunately. This one has the IMP C MA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG legend: [ATTACH=full]1258828[/ATTACH] [B][U]Maximianus Herculius[/U][/B]: I believe these three Alexandrian Potin Tetradrachms are from Maximianus, though these ones can be even more challenging than the Imperial AE, especially in worn condition like this (just in case things weren't complicated enough, I recently picked up a couple Egypt, Alexandrian Tets of Maximus and Maximinus I; not pictured): [ATTACH=full]1258837[/ATTACH] [B][U] Galerius[/U][/B]: The only one of my folles of this style that I'm attached to would be this SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR from Aqulieia (RIC 36b). MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES obverse legend: [ATTACH=full]1258831[/ATTACH] The long legends are fascinating! I don't have any of the very long legends from this period, though I do have a Galerius GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES (Heraclea mint, RIC 20b, I believe) [ATTACH=full]1258827[/ATTACH] Lastly, here's a Galerius GAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG with a GENIO IMPERATORI reverse type from Cyzicus (RIC 44): [ATTACH=full]1258832[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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