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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3999485, member: 44316"][USER=100136]@thejewk[/USER] , congratulations on your keen eye and knowledge. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone who cares about coins of that period will want RIC VI. Anyone who cares about coins of that period from London will want Cloke and Toone. I have it and consult it enough to make it worthwhile. However, don't pay the $1,587.65 asked for the one copy on Amazon! I got mine from Spink.</p><p><a href="https://www.spinkbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=124&search=Cloke" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.spinkbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=124&search=Cloke" rel="nofollow">https://www.spinkbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=124&search=Cloke</a></p><p>it is only 50 pounds plus shipping. </p><p><br /></p><p>The OP coin is a "second-reign" coin of Maximian from a mint of Constantine. At the time, Constantine was also minting the next type for himself:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053048[/ATTACH] </p><p>26-24 mm. 5.98 grams.</p><p>MARTI PATRI PROPVG</p><p>RIC VI London 109 "c. autumn 307 - early 310"</p><p>Cloke and Toone 5.04.009 "307-310"</p><p><br /></p><p>We recently had a thread </p><p><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></p><p>on which tetrarchs were associated with which gods. Coins like the OP coin of Maximian from London tell us more about the preferences of Constantine than they do about Maximian because London was a mint of Constantine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3999485, member: 44316"][USER=100136]@thejewk[/USER] , congratulations on your keen eye and knowledge. Anyone who cares about coins of that period will want RIC VI. Anyone who cares about coins of that period from London will want Cloke and Toone. I have it and consult it enough to make it worthwhile. However, don't pay the $1,587.65 asked for the one copy on Amazon! I got mine from Spink. [URL]https://www.spinkbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=124&search=Cloke[/URL] it is only 50 pounds plus shipping. The OP coin is a "second-reign" coin of Maximian from a mint of Constantine. At the time, Constantine was also minting the next type for himself: [ATTACH=full]1053048[/ATTACH] 26-24 mm. 5.98 grams. MARTI PATRI PROPVG RIC VI London 109 "c. autumn 307 - early 310" Cloke and Toone 5.04.009 "307-310" We recently had a thread [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mars-vs-sol-in-the-first-tetrarchy.353123/[/URL] on which tetrarchs were associated with which gods. Coins like the OP coin of Maximian from London tell us more about the preferences of Constantine than they do about Maximian because London was a mint of Constantine.[/QUOTE]
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