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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3944744, member: 82549&quot;]The Genio series of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries is very common, and its one of my favorites. Here are two from that series. Neither is of an emperor that I particularly admire, but I really like these two coins, the first because of the interesting coloration of the patina . . .</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/Restoration/GaleriusMaximian.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><u><b>Galerius (Maximian)</b></u></p><p><i>Caesar, A.D. 293-305</i></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 305-311</i></p><p><i>Bronze Nummus</i></p><p>Ticinum mint, A.D. 295-296</p><p>Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES</p><p>Rev: GEONI POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae</p><p>ST in exergue</p><p>RIC 30b</p><p>28mm, 9.9g.</p><p><br /></p><p>. . . and the&nbsp; second because of its pristine preservation:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/Restoration/MaximinusII.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><u><b>Maximinus II (&quot;Daia&quot;)</b></u></p><p><i>Caesar, A.D. 305-309</i></p><p><i>Filius Augustorum, A.D. 309-310</i></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 310-313</i></p><p>Bronze Nummus</p><p>Antioch mint, A.D. 312</p><p>Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: GENIO AVGVSTI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding head of Sol and cornucopiae</p><p>ANT in exergue; [star] in left field, S in right</p><p>RIC 164b</p><p>22mm, 4.7g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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