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Message:: [QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 5219041, member: 87404"]How about we go with this one....<img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/incollage_20200622_142428749.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Maximinus Thrax, Ruled 235-238 ADAR Denarius, Struck 236 AD, Rome mintObverse: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.Reverse: P M TR P II COS P P Maximinus, in military dress, standing left between two standards, raising his right hand in salute and holding spear in his left.References: RIC 3Size: 21mm, 2.95g Edit: And FWIW, this is the first coin I got that brought the Mamertines to my collecting attention, which then quickly led to Carthage and Punic War interest and coinage, a main collecting area for me:<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/collagemaker_20180928_101601844-jpg.828119/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Sicily, Messana, The Mamertinoi (211-208 BC)AE PentonkionObverse: Laureate head of Ares left, helmet to right.Reverse: MAMEPTINΩN. Nude Dioskouros (or warrior) standing left, holding spear and leading horse left placing hand on head of horse; Π (mark of value) to left.References: Sear 1143, SNG ANS 427Size: 26mm, 12.9g Next: item(s) for going into battle other than Roman[/QUOTE]