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<p>[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 3999202, member: 100136"][ATTACH=full]1052959[/ATTACH] </p><p>LMCC 5.03.009 - Not in RIC</p><p>DN MAXIMIANO PF AVG</p><p>MART-I P-ACIF</p><p>PLN in exergue, London Mint 307-310</p><p>4.64g, 26mm</p><p>Found in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire</p><p><br /></p><p>I spotted this coin on ebay and was puzzled. Finding no such reverse for Maximian in Coinage of Roman Britain, Spink's Coins of England, OCRE or Wildwinds, I started to look around for his 'compatriots'. I remembered reading on a website a month or two ago that Constantine, before Sol took centre stage, had claimed Mars for his patron diety, and I was able to discover this reverse for Constantine. Presuming that the coin was an interesting mule, I grabbed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I came across this thread in the mean time: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mars-vs-sol-in-the-first-tetrarchy.353123/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mars-vs-sol-in-the-first-tetrarchy.353123/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mars-vs-sol-in-the-first-tetrarchy.353123/</a> and wondered if my thinking was a little simplistic, and my faith in random internet articles a little optimistic. With this I bravely forced myself to make a Twitter account and decided to Tweet Lee Toone to ask if he had encountered this possible mule before.</p><p><br /></p><p>He promptly and graciously replied that the coin was not a mule at all, but was instead the third known example of the type, LMCC 5.03.009, with one being in the collection of the ANS (<a href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1984.146.1195" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1984.146.1195" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/collection/1984.146.1195</a>) and the other having been sold in Spink Auction 194, which unfortunately I have been unable to trace so far using internet sources. If anyone has access to this catalogue I would very much appreciate your assistance. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is now clear that I am going to need to purchase a copy of The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share anything you feel is relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 3999202, member: 100136"][ATTACH=full]1052959[/ATTACH] LMCC 5.03.009 - Not in RIC DN MAXIMIANO PF AVG MART-I P-ACIF PLN in exergue, London Mint 307-310 4.64g, 26mm Found in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire I spotted this coin on ebay and was puzzled. Finding no such reverse for Maximian in Coinage of Roman Britain, Spink's Coins of England, OCRE or Wildwinds, I started to look around for his 'compatriots'. I remembered reading on a website a month or two ago that Constantine, before Sol took centre stage, had claimed Mars for his patron diety, and I was able to discover this reverse for Constantine. Presuming that the coin was an interesting mule, I grabbed it. I came across this thread in the mean time: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mars-vs-sol-in-the-first-tetrarchy.353123/[/URL] and wondered if my thinking was a little simplistic, and my faith in random internet articles a little optimistic. With this I bravely forced myself to make a Twitter account and decided to Tweet Lee Toone to ask if he had encountered this possible mule before. He promptly and graciously replied that the coin was not a mule at all, but was instead the third known example of the type, LMCC 5.03.009, with one being in the collection of the ANS ([URL]http://numismatics.org/collection/1984.146.1195[/URL]) and the other having been sold in Spink Auction 194, which unfortunately I have been unable to trace so far using internet sources. If anyone has access to this catalogue I would very much appreciate your assistance. It is now clear that I am going to need to purchase a copy of The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine. Please share anything you feel is relevant.[/QUOTE]
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