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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2243692, member: 57495"]Our [USER=44227]@Eng[/USER] here calls this the 'Head on a platter' look, and I can think of no better name for the type. </p><p><br /></p><p>The variety with Genius holding the head of Sol was the first Tetrarchic period coin I bought, so naturally, the one with the head of Serapis has been on my want list. A recent auction served up this example to me... on a platter, so to speak <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do feel free to share your coins showing Serapis, even if it's just his head. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]442856[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMINUS II DAIA</b></p><p>AE Follis</p><p>5.1g, 21mm</p><p>Alexandria mint, AD 312-313</p><p>RIC 160b</p><p>O: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right. </p><p>R: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, holding head of Serapis in right hand, cornucopia in left; star, N and palm-branch in left field, gamma in right, ALE in exergue. </p><p><br /></p><p>And the Sol companion piece...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442857[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMINUS II DAIA</b></p><p>AE Follis</p><p>4.65g, 21mm</p><p>Antioch mint, 309-313 AD</p><p>RIC 164b</p><p>O: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right.</p><p>R: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, holding head of Sol in right hand, cornucopia in left; star and Z in field, ANT in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Phillip Davis Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2243692, member: 57495"]Our [USER=44227]@Eng[/USER] here calls this the 'Head on a platter' look, and I can think of no better name for the type. The variety with Genius holding the head of Sol was the first Tetrarchic period coin I bought, so naturally, the one with the head of Serapis has been on my want list. A recent auction served up this example to me... on a platter, so to speak :D. Do feel free to share your coins showing Serapis, even if it's just his head. [ATTACH=full]442856[/ATTACH] [B]MAXIMINUS II DAIA[/B] AE Follis 5.1g, 21mm Alexandria mint, AD 312-313 RIC 160b O: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, holding head of Serapis in right hand, cornucopia in left; star, N and palm-branch in left field, gamma in right, ALE in exergue. And the Sol companion piece... [ATTACH=full]442857[/ATTACH] [B]MAXIMINUS II DAIA[/B] AE Follis 4.65g, 21mm Antioch mint, 309-313 AD RIC 164b O: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, holding head of Sol in right hand, cornucopia in left; star and Z in field, ANT in exergue. [I]Ex Phillip Davis Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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