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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2057649, member: 42634&quot;]recently bing and DS posted their coins of the type in this thread..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/talk-about-last-minute.257401/#post-2050696" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/talk-about-last-minute.257401/#post-2050696">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/talk-about-last-minute.257401/#post-2050696</a></p><p><br /></p><p>mine arrived today!&nbsp; my second coin of 2015, and it&#039;s pretty dang cool.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/_57_zps1379b0de.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/_57_zps1379b0de.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/_57_zps1379b0de.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>antioch city issue (&quot;persecution issue&quot;)</p><p>(under maximinus ii daia)</p><p>312 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>o: GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche of Antioch seated facing on rocks, turreted and veiled; upper body of river-god Orontes below</p><p><br /></p><p>r: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing left, patera in right, kithara in left, H right, SMA in ex</p><p><br /></p><p>15 mm</p><p>1.4g</p><p>vagi 2954</p><p><br /></p><p>i was expecting this to be a larger coin (20-25 mm), but it&#039;s quite small.&nbsp; the seller didn&#039;t list the size, and i didn&#039;t pick up on it in the post by bing.</p><p><br /></p><p>according to a little write up i found at forum for a coin of this type, the people of antioch went to maximinus and ask for support with various anti-chirstian measures.&nbsp; he went along with it (initially), and this coin....festooned with pagan imagery, commemorates the whole affair.&nbsp; ugly businesses...but aint it a pretty coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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