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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3013412, member: 57495"]That's an excellent and beautiful example, [USER=76919]@Jbruce[/USER]. I think the unusual wreath around the bust really makes it special.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another one with Ares on the obverse but a different reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747696[/ATTACH]<b>BRUTTIUM, the Brettii</b></p><p>AE Double Unit. 17.44g, 26.1mm. BRUTTIUM, the Brettii, circa 214-211 BC. SNG ANS 38; HN Italy 1975. O: Helmeted head of Ares left; two pellets behind. R: BPETTIΩN, Nike standing left, erecting trophy; star between.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first auction experience of any kind of was a HJB Bid or Buy sale. One of the coins I picked up was this Maximinus Daia head-on-a-platter follis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747699[/ATTACH]<b>MAXIMINUS DAIA </b></p><p>AE Follis. 4.65g, 22.2mm. Antioch mint, AD 312. RIC 164b. O: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO - AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, holding head of Sol and cornucopia; ANT in exergue, * - Z in field.</p><p><i>Ex Phillip Davis Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3013412, member: 57495"]That's an excellent and beautiful example, [USER=76919]@Jbruce[/USER]. I think the unusual wreath around the bust really makes it special. Here's another one with Ares on the obverse but a different reverse. [ATTACH=full]747696[/ATTACH][B]BRUTTIUM, the Brettii[/B] AE Double Unit. 17.44g, 26.1mm. BRUTTIUM, the Brettii, circa 214-211 BC. SNG ANS 38; HN Italy 1975. O: Helmeted head of Ares left; two pellets behind. R: BPETTIΩN, Nike standing left, erecting trophy; star between. My first auction experience of any kind of was a HJB Bid or Buy sale. One of the coins I picked up was this Maximinus Daia head-on-a-platter follis. [ATTACH=full]747699[/ATTACH][B]MAXIMINUS DAIA [/B] AE Follis. 4.65g, 22.2mm. Antioch mint, AD 312. RIC 164b. O: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO - AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, holding head of Sol and cornucopia; ANT in exergue, * - Z in field. [I]Ex Phillip Davis Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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