A New AE Follis Maximinus II

Here is a Follis of Maximinus II that I acquired late last year from eBay. Overall, a well-defined coin with decent color, in my opinion, but, difficult to attribute. Nonetheless, the attribution I made below is only tentative, as this is only the third Roman coin I've attempted to attribute.


Maximinus II, AE follis of Trier
RIC VI 845a

OBV:IMP MAXIMINVS PF AVG
laureate, cuirassed bust right

REV: GENIO-POP ROM
Genius standing left, turreted, loins draped, holding patera and cornucopiae
T-F across fields. Mintmark PTR. RIC VI

 

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Nice Folles, @Bradley Trotter .

Here are mine (I do not focus on Roman Imperial era coins)


Maximinus II as Caesar, AD 305-308
Æ Follis, 26mm, 6h; Trier mint, 1 May 305 - early 307.
Obv.: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C; Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; Genius standing left, head towered, loins draped, right hand holding patera, left cornucopia; S - F // PTR
Reference: RIC VI Treveri 667b (p. 208)
From the Capitoline Collection, Rick Morton



RI Maximinus II Daia 305-308 CE AE20 GENIO POPVLI Genius stndg bust of Sol cornu star H RIC IV 164b

 

Here are a couple of mine: GENIO IMPERATORIS type (Cyzicus) and GENIO AVGUSTI (Alexandria) with Serapis head:

 

This one surprised me a bit - I never know how big an LRB is going to be until it comes in the mail - this was a big one.


Maximinus II Daia Æ Follis
(305-306 A.D.)
Heraclea Mint
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius standing left in chlamys holding patera and cornucopiae, HTΓ in exergue.
RIC VI Heraclea 26b.
(10.92 grams / 26 x 25 mm)

 

Nice third coin @Bradley Trotter ....
I've one of his, its actually one of my favourite Follis....

 

Mike has a point. The first coin of @Alegandron is larger than his second, but the photos show it the other way. Maybe the maximum diameter of the coins could be given in mm (for all images of coins) so readers can know how big they are.

 

Here's Genius holding the head of Sol:


Maximinus II Daza, AD 309-313, as Augustus.
Roman Æ follis, 21.4 mm, 4.88 g, 12 h.
Antioch, AD 312.
Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head, right.
Rev: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding head of Sol and cornucopiae; *|Z //ANT.
Refs: RIC 164b; Cohen 21; RCV 14840.

 

Agreed. I updated my attribution. Some of my coins I captured seveal years ago, some have old / bad photos, some I use Seller photos. I am not a photographer. I have learned to save pics in larger formats, but have not learned to truly scale them. All of my coins are locked up at this time, and I regret that I cannot review and re-photo them. Excuses, excuses, mea culpa.