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<p>[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2320239, member: 32619"]The coin below was third ancient coin purchase. I didn't know anything about it, the ruler, or even if I was overpaying. I did in fact pay high retail for it but no regrets. The seller flies from Florida twice a year to sell coins, currency, and other supplies on the Air Force bases in England. He's been doing it for like 17 years and I appreciate him coming all this way so I don't mind paying a little extra. Sadly it's a boring Genius, but at 30mm with some silvering remaining, I'm a happy owner!</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-14-maximian-genius.3686/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Maximian, AD 286-305</p><p>AE, Follis, 8.8g, 31mm; 6h; Heraclea</p><p>Obv.: IMP CMA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG; laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over shoulder (falls low), holding paera from which liquid flows and cornucopiae</p><p>In Ex.: HTΓ[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2320239, member: 32619"]The coin below was third ancient coin purchase. I didn't know anything about it, the ruler, or even if I was overpaying. I did in fact pay high retail for it but no regrets. The seller flies from Florida twice a year to sell coins, currency, and other supplies on the Air Force bases in England. He's been doing it for like 17 years and I appreciate him coming all this way so I don't mind paying a little extra. Sadly it's a boring Genius, but at 30mm with some silvering remaining, I'm a happy owner! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-14-maximian-genius.3686/full[/IMG] Maximian, AD 286-305 AE, Follis, 8.8g, 31mm; 6h; Heraclea Obv.: IMP CMA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG; laureate head right Rev.: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over shoulder (falls low), holding paera from which liquid flows and cornucopiae In Ex.: HTΓ[/QUOTE]
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