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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4836564, member: 44316&quot;]The emperor we call Maximian or Maximianus (286-305 and 306-308) had full name</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus. </p><p>It is common for coins of the Roman emperors to at first have long legends giving relatively full versions of their names, to be followed by shorter and shorter versions. Often his name on coins is given simply as</p><p>MAXIMIANVS, without any of the other three names. </p><p>&nbsp; Here is a &quot;radiate fraction&quot; (a.k.a. &quot;post-reform radiate&quot;) from shortly after the coin reform of c. 294 with a long version of his name on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169183[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">20 mm. 2.70 grams. A &quot;radiate fraction.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="5">IMP C <b>M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS</b> PF AVG. </font></p><p><font size="5"><b>M</b>arcus <b>AVR</b>elius <b>VAL</b>erius Maximianus</font></p><p><font size="5">CONCORDIA MILITVM</font></p><p><font size="5"><i>RIC</i> VI Antioch 60b &quot;c. 296.&quot;</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I can think of a few other emperors that had a few coins with unusually long versions of their names. Can you show us one?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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