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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3161426, member: 56859"]The Alexandrian mint portraits are generally identifiable until after Gallienus and then they become more generic. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your Maximian tet has Elpis on the reverse. The obverse legend is a bit tough to make out in your tiny image but it is clearly Maximian and a nice coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A</b>(VTOKPATΩP) <b>K</b>(AICAP) <b>M</b>(APKOC) <b>OVA</b>(ΛEPIOC) <b>MAΞIMIANOC CEB</b>(ACTOC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Translated, Imperator Caesar Marcus Valerius Maximianus Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Emmett 4114, regnal year 2, rated R1 (most common)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3161426, member: 56859"]The Alexandrian mint portraits are generally identifiable until after Gallienus and then they become more generic. Your Maximian tet has Elpis on the reverse. The obverse legend is a bit tough to make out in your tiny image but it is clearly Maximian and a nice coin: [ATTACH=full]811563[/ATTACH] [B]A[/B](VTOKPATΩP) [B]K[/B](AICAP) [B]M[/B](APKOC) [B]OVA[/B](ΛEPIOC) [B]MAΞIMIANOC CEB[/B](ACTOC) Translated, Imperator Caesar Marcus Valerius Maximianus Augustus. Reference: Emmett 4114, regnal year 2, rated R1 (most common)[/QUOTE]
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