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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 8236922, member: 120820&quot;]Here&#039;s some coins appropriate to the occasion. I apologize for the poor quality photos - just took them a second ago with my iPhone.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 285 AD when Diocletian had first expanded from the &quot;monarchy&quot; to &quot;diarchy&quot; by appointing Maximianus co-augustus, he still retained the senior role, styling himself as &quot;Iovius&quot; and Maximianus as &quot;Herculius&quot; (Hercules being Jupiter&#039;s son), and recording this new partnership on a variety of coins such as these Antioch antoniniani:</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: IMP C G VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG</p><p>Rev: IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG</p><p>RIC 323</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449189[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG</p><p>Rev: IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG</p><p>RIC 584</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449190[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In 293 AD, with the further addition of the caesars Galerius and Constantius to form the &quot;tetrarchy&quot; (modern name), Antioch welcomed the caesars with a similar &quot;Jupiter + Hercules&quot; type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES</p><p>Rev: IOVI ET HERCVLI CONSER CAES</p><p>RIC 719</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES</p><p>Rev: IOVI ET HERCVLI CONSER CAES</p><p>RIC 673</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449192[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Galerius now joined Diocletian in the eastern &quot;house of Jupiter&quot;, with Constantius joining Maximianus in the western &quot;house of Hercules&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>To help ensure the loyalty of the new caesars, Galerius was married to Diocletian&#039;s daughter Galeria Valeria, Constantius married to Maximianus&#039; daughter Theodora, and Constantius&#039;s son Constantine (now approx 20 yr old) by his previous partner Helena, was moved to the court of Diocletian...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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