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<p>[QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 8155193, member: 90248"]Wow what a stunning coin [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]!....Really interesting reverse depiction but I also find the portrait appealing....Nicely balanced coin!</p><p>Great detective work on the provenance too....</p><p>Congratulations on a very attractive coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>My oldest provenance is from a 1920's collection.</p><p><font size="5"><b>Galerius Maximianus as Caesar.</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>AE Follis minted 297 AD....11,46 g. 25 mm.</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES. Laureate Head right</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI/ (crescent)/ D// ANT. Genius standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera.</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>RIC VI 49b Antioch</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>From an old collection formed in the 1920s. Ex Münzhandlung Kallai, Vienna.</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>[ATTACH=full]1422861[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>[ATTACH=full]1422862[/ATTACH] </b></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 8155193, member: 90248"]Wow what a stunning coin [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]!....Really interesting reverse depiction but I also find the portrait appealing....Nicely balanced coin! Great detective work on the provenance too.... Congratulations on a very attractive coin. My oldest provenance is from a 1920's collection. [SIZE=5][B]Galerius Maximianus as Caesar.[/B] [B]AE Follis minted 297 AD....11,46 g. 25 mm. Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES. Laureate Head right Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI/ (crescent)/ D// ANT. Genius standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera. RIC VI 49b Antioch From an old collection formed in the 1920s. Ex Münzhandlung Kallai, Vienna.[/B] [B][ATTACH=full]1422861[/ATTACH] [/B] [B][ATTACH=full]1422862[/ATTACH] [/B][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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