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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7793346, member: 99456"]<i>A nice coin [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER]. McAlee calls this a 1/12th nummus citing van Heesch : Although these coins appear to be a 1/4 nummus by weight, this does not take into account the silver content of the ("follis") :</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><font size="3"><i>"Ce résultat permet d'avancer, mais sous toute réserve, que les grandes pièces représentent 1/12 du follis."</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>"This result allows us to advance, however with all reservations, that the large pieces represent 1/12 of the follis."</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>- Van Heesch, J. (1975), <a href="http://www.numisbel.be/1975_4.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numisbel.be/1975_4.pdf" rel="nofollow">Une frappe semi-autonome sous Maximin Daza</a>, Revue Belge de Numismatique, 121, 1975, p. 91-108.</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Van Heesch updated his overview of these coins and revised the dates and context in this 1993 paper:</p><p><font size="3"><i>' ... But as for those who have persisted in the abominable cult, let them be separated, just as you ask, far from your city and territory, and be removed, whereby, in accord with the praiseworthy zeal of your petition, your city, separated from the stain of every impiety, may respond, as it has been accustomed, to the sacred rites of the immortal gods with the worship which is owed to them.'</i></font></p><p><font size="3">- Colbasa (issued 6 April 312) see VAN HEESCH, J. (1993). <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42667882" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42667882" rel="nofollow">The Last Civic Coinages and the Religious Policy of Maximinus Daza (AD 312)</a>. <i>The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-),</i> <i>153</i>, 65-75.</font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337856[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Anonymous Æ 1/12th nummus</b>, time of Maximinus II, Antioch, AD 310-313, 'Persecution Issue'</p><p><b>Obv:</b> GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below</p><p><b>Rev:</b> APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre; S in right field, SMA in exergue</p><p><b>Ref: </b>McAlee 170f[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7793346, member: 99456"][I]A nice coin [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER]. McAlee calls this a 1/12th nummus citing van Heesch : Although these coins appear to be a 1/4 nummus by weight, this does not take into account the silver content of the ("follis") : [/I] [SIZE=3][I]"Ce résultat permet d'avancer, mais sous toute réserve, que les grandes pièces représentent 1/12 du follis."[/I] [I]"This result allows us to advance, however with all reservations, that the large pieces represent 1/12 of the follis."[/I] [I]- Van Heesch, J. (1975), [URL='http://www.numisbel.be/1975_4.pdf']Une frappe semi-autonome sous Maximin Daza[/URL], Revue Belge de Numismatique, 121, 1975, p. 91-108.[/I][/SIZE] Van Heesch updated his overview of these coins and revised the dates and context in this 1993 paper: [SIZE=3][I]' ... But as for those who have persisted in the abominable cult, let them be separated, just as you ask, far from your city and territory, and be removed, whereby, in accord with the praiseworthy zeal of your petition, your city, separated from the stain of every impiety, may respond, as it has been accustomed, to the sacred rites of the immortal gods with the worship which is owed to them.'[/I] - Colbasa (issued 6 April 312) see VAN HEESCH, J. (1993). [URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/42667882']The Last Civic Coinages and the Religious Policy of Maximinus Daza (AD 312)[/URL]. [I]The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-),[/I] [I]153[/I], 65-75.[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1337856[/ATTACH] [B]Anonymous Æ 1/12th nummus[/B], time of Maximinus II, Antioch, AD 310-313, 'Persecution Issue' [B]Obv:[/B] GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below [B]Rev:[/B] APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre; S in right field, SMA in exergue [B]Ref: [/B]McAlee 170f[/QUOTE]
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