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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2815504, member: 31620"]I posted that I don't collect provincials, neither am I attempting to build an emperor set. All that being said I bought this Romulus from the same dealer as my Caracalla and Geta confronted bust coin. I have never owned one and the price was right and it filled an imaginary gap. I know that here are many better examples knocking around in the collections of members here but thought it worth sharing this one anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Romulus - Follis</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:- IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO ROMVLO N V FILIO, bare headed bust of Romulus right</p><p>Rev:- AETERNA MEMORIA, eagle with spread winfs standing right on domed hexastyle temple, its’ right door ajar</p><p>Struck in Ostia. //MOSTP. ca. late 309 – 312 A.D.</p><p>References:- RIC VI Ostia 33 (Rated C)</p><p><br /></p><p>24.13mm. 6.21 gms. 180 degrees, </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_153a_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2815504, member: 31620"]I posted that I don't collect provincials, neither am I attempting to build an emperor set. All that being said I bought this Romulus from the same dealer as my Caracalla and Geta confronted bust coin. I have never owned one and the price was right and it filled an imaginary gap. I know that here are many better examples knocking around in the collections of members here but thought it worth sharing this one anyway. [B]Romulus - Follis[/B] Obv:- IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO ROMVLO N V FILIO, bare headed bust of Romulus right Rev:- AETERNA MEMORIA, eagle with spread winfs standing right on domed hexastyle temple, its’ right door ajar Struck in Ostia. //MOSTP. ca. late 309 – 312 A.D. References:- RIC VI Ostia 33 (Rated C) 24.13mm. 6.21 gms. 180 degrees, [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_153a_img.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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