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theunsla Valued Member South Africa 112 Posts	Posted 10/22/2018 2:53 pm I think I'm getting the hang of these Roman coins. Surely this one's a Maximinus II Follis. 26mm diameter. Report this Post to the Staff

Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 10/22/2018 4:30 pm Maximianus Obverse legend reads IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG Ticinum mint - RIC 31b like this: http://www.coinproject.com/coin_det...?coin=257241 Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 10/22/2018 4:48 pm Once you get the hang of reading the legends, go to google and type in the emperors name and the word 'Wildwinds'. That website has pages for each emperor with many of their issues listed + pictures. If you can't read a reverse legend, try going to the wildwinds page and type something like 'standing left' or 'star in ex' and take a look at the pictures until you find your type. You'll quickly get the hang of reading the legends and recognising the emperors. Wildwinds is my first port of call when trying to ID a coin. Report this Post to the Staff
theunsla Valued Member South Africa 112 Posts	Posted 10/23/2018 12:13 am Thanks Ben and Biancasdad! Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 10/23/2018 06:38 am Max seems to have been a very popular name in the 3rd century Maximianus Galerius Maximianus Maxentius Maximinus And even Constantine styled himself as MAX AVG for a time Your coin is in fairly good condition but might be improved by a long bath in distilled water Change the water every few days and scrub with a nylon brush Rinse and repeat Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/23/2018 11:26 am Trying to figure out Galerius vs. Maximinus II still gives me nightmares, especially since their obverse legends sometimes overlap! Maximian, fortunately, is easy to ID on account of his little button nose - just about all the other emperors of the tetrarchy used interchangeable "cookie cutter" portraits! I have long wondered why Maximian is not typically included in the "Constantinian" dynasty; as the father of both Theodora and Fausta, he was the father in law to both Constantius I and Constantine I (yuck). This made him the grandfather of Constantine II, Constantius II, Constans, Delmatius, and Hanniballianus; Grandfather in law to Licinius I, and great-grandfather to Gallus, Julian, and Nepotian. Report this Post to the Staff
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