Maximinus ll Diai...more Tetarchy

..My seller Jorge gave me such a good deal on Constantius l Chlorus, that i went ahead and bought this from him too..

POST YER COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS! Maximinus ll Diai(they now say Daza, but...)Follis(308-09AD) as Caesar. emperors bust right ob., Genius standing facing left rev. 23mm, 5.70gms

 

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Genio Augusti type, Maximinus II Daia

Maximinus as Augustus, Type Reduced AE Follis, 22mm 4.3 grams

Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG, Laureate head right

Reverse: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, holding head of Serapis in right hand, naked but for chamlys over left shoulder, cornucopia in left hand, palm branch at feet

Mint: Alexandria

Reference: RIC VI 157b, p. 685







2nd one, (no longer in my possession as I gifted it to a fellow CTer)

 

Genio Caesaris as Caesar (Heraclea)

Genio Imperatoris as Augustus (Heraclea)


For those who want to cover all bases with one coin, look for a Genio Caesaris as FIL AVGG from Thessalonika.

 

Good one, Doug!

 

Maximinus II Diai As Caesar Bil Follis Carthage Obv Head right laureate Rv Carthage standing facing head left RIC 40b 10.38 grms 28 mm Photo by W. Hansen
According to Wikipedia Diai was the last Roman Emperor to be given the title of Pharaoh. He persecuted the Christians who gleefully record that he endured a rather nasty and humiliating death

 

Awesome addition!!

I recently picked up this cool coin from @Victor_Clark on VCoins:


Maximinus II
A.D. 312
21mm 4.9g
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG; laureate head right.
SOLI INVICTO; Sol standing left in long robe, right hand raised, left hand holding head of Serapis; BI in left and ✶ in right field.
In ex. ANT

 

ominus, Your nummus looks like the same mint & officina as the coin Doug posted . My only two coins of Daia are posted below. The Cyzicus coin was struck from fresh dies, & the London coin was struck from well worn dies.


Maximinus II Daia as Caesar, AD 305-308. Cyzicus Mint, 3rd Officina. Billon Nummus: 9.58 gm, 27 mm, 6 h. RIC VI 24a.


Maximinus II Daia as Augustus, AD 310-312, London Mint. AE Nummus: 4.28 gm, 22 mm, 7 h. RIC 209b.

 

Antioch mint, A.D. 312
Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG
Rev: GENIO AVGVSTI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding head of Sol in right hand and cornucopiae in left
ANT in exergue; ✳ in left field, S in right
RIC 164b
22mm, 4.7g.

 

Daia Sol from Ostia. Is that a die break causing that weird protrusion from his head at about 11 o’clock on the obverse?

 

Maximinus II Daia. as Caesar. (AD 305-309). Æ Follis. (26mm, 6.84g). Serdica mint.
Struck (AD 307-308).
Obverse: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C; Laureate head right.
Rev: GENIO CAESARIS; The Genius of Caesar standing left, modius on head, naked, chlamys over left shoulder; holding cornucopia and pouring libation from patera; star in left field; Δ in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue.

Scare mint for this type -- •SM•SD• = •SACRA MONETA•SERDICA DACIA•

 

Here's my Maximinus follis. I don't have many Roman Imperial coins, but I couldn't resist this one, as a complement to my Maximinus counterfeiters mould from Alexandria Who could?
Unfortunately, I couldn't find one with the matching N-E in the fields, so I had to settle for N-Γ.



Also, I found out buying follises can be dangerous. Buy one or two, like I did, and you're ok. But buy 3 or 4 more and you're addicted. Just look at some of the coins posted in this thread. Big, wet, slippery slope. And we all know how that ends...

 

Maximinus II is very popular lately.

 

I think this one is neat because in the reverse legend, it looks like the engraver made an error and then re-engraved it-- the first S of CAESARIS has something under it.



Maximinus II
A.D. 308
24mm 7.2g
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right.
GENIO CAESARIS; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows & cornucopiae; X in left, S over K in right.
In ex. ALE
RIC VI Alexandria 78

 

Here's mine, RIC VI Antioch 132a. It's in RIC, but I haven't seen a single other example anywhere.

 

OCRE has two examples from different workshops

http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.anch.132a

 

I think I must have meant up for sale/auction when I wrote that in my notes. I definitely would have looked at OCRE when IDing it.

 

Here's my only coin of Maximinus II.

Maximinus II (AD 310-313)
AE Follis

Date: AD 312.
Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right.
Rev: HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules standing right, leaning on club; star above Γ left field, SNN in exergue.
Diameter: 23mm
Weight: 4.45 g)
Mint: Nicomedia, 3rd officina
RIC VI 75.

Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 74 (20 August 2020), lot 1097.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Kunker GmbH & Co KG Auction 333 (17 March 2020), lot 1482.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 152 (10 October 2006), lot 2424.

 

Here’s a Maximinus that’s a bit harder to find. RIC VI 75 and 77 (Maximinus Ostia) are nearly the same coin with RIC 75 having a cuirassed only bust and 77 having a draped and cuirassed bust. RIC 75 is fairly rare but there are examples out there. RIC 77, my coin, is extremely rare with only one other example I could find in many hours of searching databases, references and action records.

Maximinus - GENIO POP ROM - Ostia - 312-313 ad- RIC VI 77a

 

I haven’t seen anyone post one of these yet. It’s ex @Aethelred bought through @John Anthony.