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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2259275, member: 31620"]I started the year with some holding head coins "Genius holding Serapis" and "Genius holding Sol" types and have just added another one of each to my collection. They were going cheap because the dealer didn't value them because of their evident flaws. I was happy to give them both a new home and given that each coin was about the cost of a meal for one at one of the popular burger bars I was very happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will start with my Sol....</p><p><br /></p><p>My new coin :-</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximinus II Daia - Follis </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys at waist, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding head of Sol</p><p>Minted in Antioch (* | E/D / ANT). A.D. 312</p><p>Reference(s) – RIC VI Antioch 164b</p><p><br /></p><p>Flan flaw on eye of bust on obverse otherwise a pleasing example with a lovely "head of Sol".</p><p><br /></p><p>E/D used rather than using the supposedly unlucky Theta, which was the first letter of Thanatos.</p><p><br /></p><p>So how is a flaw like this created? It it a break in the die or a flaw in the flan?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151l_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>and just for comparison my previous Sol type whose mottled silvering makes it difficult to take an appealing photo..</p><p><br /></p><p>As above by * | AI / ANT</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151g_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2259275, member: 31620"]I started the year with some holding head coins "Genius holding Serapis" and "Genius holding Sol" types and have just added another one of each to my collection. They were going cheap because the dealer didn't value them because of their evident flaws. I was happy to give them both a new home and given that each coin was about the cost of a meal for one at one of the popular burger bars I was very happy. I will start with my Sol.... My new coin :- [B]Maximinus II Daia - Follis [/B] 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 at waist, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding head of Sol Minted in Antioch (* | E/D / ANT). A.D. 312 Reference(s) – RIC VI Antioch 164b Flan flaw on eye of bust on obverse otherwise a pleasing example with a lovely "head of Sol". E/D used rather than using the supposedly unlucky Theta, which was the first letter of Thanatos. So how is a flaw like this created? It it a break in the die or a flaw in the flan? [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151l_img.jpg[/IMG] and just for comparison my previous Sol type whose mottled silvering makes it difficult to take an appealing photo.. As above by * | AI / ANT [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151g_img.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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