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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 71745, member: 57463&quot;]<b>The Emperor&#039;s Money</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the link, GD (you da man!).&nbsp; The coin is close to this one:</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/maximianus/_aquileia_RIC_031b.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/maximianus/_aquileia_RIC_031b.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/maximianus/_aquileia_RIC_031b.jpg</a></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua">&quot;Maximianus AE Follis. 301 AD. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta holding scales and cornucopia, V to right, AQP in ex.&quot; </font> </p><p><br /></p><p>SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR. Loosely: Holy Money of Augustus and Our Caesar.&nbsp; (You have to understand that Moneta or Money was a personification, like Miss Liberty, rather than an abstraction as we think of money.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I would look in Small&#039;s Classical Dictionary from 1877, but since this is the online world, let me offer these links to the history of MAXIMIANUS.</p><p>The Catholic Encyclopedia</p><p><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074c.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074c.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10074c.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The secular version</p><p><a href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/maxherc.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/maxherc.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.roman-emperors.org/maxherc.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins are nominally common, selling for $15 to $150 depending on the condition and the rarity of the specific type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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