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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1965869, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;ll probably do a writeup of my first coin show experience-- World&#039;s Fair of Money, Chicago, August 2014.&nbsp; There&#039;s just so much detail though and right now I&#039;m catching up and heading back to the working world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up more than two dozen coins; mostly Roman Alexandrians, three &quot;major&quot; coins, and a smattering of random things.&nbsp; This is one of the randoms.&nbsp; I don&#039;t specifically collect later Roman Imperials but this was just a lovely coin at a good price and I don&#039;t have anything in this denomination.&nbsp; It was purchased from a US dealer with lower-end goods.&nbsp; They had a few handfuls of unattributed or minimally attributed ancient coins including some good Roman Alexandrians.&nbsp; I bought seven coins from them.</p><p><br /></p><p>If my attribution is lacking please fill in the blanks.&nbsp; Wildwinds is down right now and I&#039;m not good with Roman Imperial attributions.</p><p><br /></p><p>As usual, feel free to post your Maximians or something relevant <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347923[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximianus, 286-305 AD</b></p><p><b>AE follis, 9.9 gm, 27 mm</b></p><p>Obv:&nbsp; IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left holding cornucopia and pouring from a patera; XXI in left field, E in right field, ALE in exergue</p><p>Mint:&nbsp; Alexandria</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC VI 30b</p><p><br /></p><p>What does the XXI mean, his 21st year of reign?&nbsp; Does the E mean 5th officina?</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited:&nbsp; Since he reigned less than 21 years that was an embarrassing guess <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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