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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1650770, member: 19463&quot;]I am embarrassed that a once respected dealer like Guy Clark missed two coins here.&nbsp; The second coin is also Galerius.&nbsp; Marcus Aurelius Maximianus was never just Caesar but always Augustus.&nbsp; Galerius Valerius Maximianus was his adopted heir and Caesar but is known today as Galerius to separate him from Maximianus even on coins not using the full names (this one says GAL).&nbsp; Bing was right about the coin called Maximinus II.&nbsp; Read the legend.&nbsp; There is an A between the I and the N and the coin can be identified by counting the bumps even if you can&#039;t read the letters clearly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought the Max boys were sufficiently confusing that I wrote a page which I hope will make it a bit easier.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are several places in the Roman series where two (or more) rulers have names close enough that you need to read each letter and avoid making hasty assumptions.&nbsp; In addition to the Max&#039;s watch out for Constantine I &amp; II, Constantius II and Gallus, Constans, multiple Valentinians, Theodosii, and two guys named Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius neither of which being the one we call Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp; Historians could have set up a system that was a bit more user friendly but after a while all this makes sense to you and you don&#039;t see the need to make it easier on the new kids.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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