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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AdamsCollection, post: 3911248, member: 104174&quot;]Maximian went by a good handful of names and has a wide range of coinage from his reign, caesar for a short while and Augustus for the remainder of his time in the empire.</p><p>His reign lasted from July 285, to may first 305, and is believed to have resigned due to his co-emporer Diocletian coming down with a nearly fatal illness. Maximian and Diocletian&#039;s reigned together complimenting each other, with Maximian&#039;s military knowledge and Diocletian&#039;s political knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not know a great deal about Maximian, but that is the Beauty of collecting ancient coins, each piece lets you learn, and opens doorways to further your education into the ancient world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just read up a little bit more about Maximian and discovered he had tried to seize the throne as emperor again in 310, as Constantine had taken a small part of his army into enemy territory Maximian had stolen the throne and paid guards to protect him. Constantine had heard of Maximian&#039;s attempts and returned before defenses could be set up. Maximian had fled but Constantine had taken him prisoner and seized the city again. Though he was pardoned of his crimes this left a bad taste on Maximian&#039;s tongue and he was deeply humiliated, so much so that he set out with a plot to murder Constantine. The attempt failed, and soon after in July of 310 Maximian was dead. Whether he was murdered in retaliation of his attempt on Constantine, or he killed himself is unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was super fascinating to read and learn, the Roman Empire was truly a crazy time to be alive. I had purchased this coin and once again it opened a whole world of information and epic stories to learn. This is why I love collecting ancient coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1030882[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1030883[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cyzicus, Rome</p><p>AE, AD 295-299</p><p>OBV: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS F AVG</p><p>Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>REV: CONCORDIA MI_LITVM</p><p>Emperor standing right holding scepter and receiving victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, holding scepter</p><p>KB in center, Mint Cyzicus</p><p>Ref; RIC 016b, RCV 3639, Van Meter 045-</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Maximian coins! If anyone has any specific information on this reverse too I would love that! Very interested to see if anyone else has nice Max coins in their collection![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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