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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3300033, member: 31620&quot;]I seem to have developed a strong liking for the Folles of Alexandria. Whilst browsing through loads of coins from a dealer I saw a portrait that I thought was quite striking. It comes from the first issue of folles and is dated to A.D. 294 before the eagle issue which includes the coinage of Domitius Domitianus which is dated to c. A.D. 296. This first issue is identified by the curved, parallel wreath ties rather than the divergent wreath ties that appear after this issue. </p><p><br /></p><p>Follis</p><p>Obv:– GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right (parallel ties)</p><p>Rev:– GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius standing left holding patera</p><p>Minted in Alexandria (_ | B // ALE). A.D. 294</p><p>Reference:– RIC VI Alexandria 15b </p><p><br /></p><p>9.52 gms. 25.32 mm. 0 degrees.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that the endience of the engraver&#039;s marks inside the letters etc. indicate that this coin was made quite early in the life of the die. Some residual silvering.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_148ab_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Share anything you think relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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