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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 3795367, member: 4298&quot;]I&#039;ll go for [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] because he&#039;s sitting alone (together with [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER], but one has to make decisions sometimes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) as nobody voted for him yet !</p><p><br /></p><p>Also because Ostia has never been invaded by parthians</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two Ostia mint coins of the period :</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0620-320.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Maxentius, Follis - </b> Ostia mint, 3rd officina AD 309</p><p>IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, Laureate head of Maxentius right</p><p>AET ERNITAS AVGN, Dioscuri facing each other, holding their horse by bridle. Between them she wolf suckling Remus and Romulus. MOSTΓ at exergue</p><p>7.43 gr</p><p>Ref : Cohen # 10, RCV # 14976 (100), RIC VI # 16</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0621-310np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Romulus, follis - </b>Posthumous issue under the reign of his father Maxentius</p><p>Ostia mint, 1st officina, AD 309-310</p><p>DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS, Bare head of Romulus right</p><p>AETERNAE MEMORIAE, Temple with domed roof surmounted by eagle, M OST P at exergue</p><p>7.35 gr</p><p>RCV # 15050 (550), Cohen #6, RIC VI # 34</p><p><br /></p><p>Q</p><p><br /></p><p>As a side note, don&#039;t forget I&#039;ve been a young collector for 50 years now : you can&#039;t imagine the efforts, struggle and sacrifices it means to constantly be a coin addict for so long <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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