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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3028939, member: 57495"]This Maxentius came to me via a group lot, but I've grown quite fond of it. I wonder how it survived quality control at the Ostia mint, and I'm curious if it raised the eyebrows of the merchants it was tendered to and if it was then accepted or rejected. Perhaps most of all I marvel at (and am glad for) the fact that whoever dug it up a thousand years or so later didn't just toss it into the trash bin. I'm very much in the camp of those who believe that every coin deserves an owner. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]754574[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXENTIUS</b></p><p>AE Follis. 2.76g, 29mm. Ostia mint, AD 309-312. RIC VI Ostia 54. O: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: VICTORIAE AE-TERNA AVG N, Victory advancing left with wreath & palm; MOSTT in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3028939, member: 57495"]This Maxentius came to me via a group lot, but I've grown quite fond of it. I wonder how it survived quality control at the Ostia mint, and I'm curious if it raised the eyebrows of the merchants it was tendered to and if it was then accepted or rejected. Perhaps most of all I marvel at (and am glad for) the fact that whoever dug it up a thousand years or so later didn't just toss it into the trash bin. I'm very much in the camp of those who believe that every coin deserves an owner. [ATTACH=full]754574[/ATTACH] [B]MAXENTIUS[/B] AE Follis. 2.76g, 29mm. Ostia mint, AD 309-312. RIC VI Ostia 54. O: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: VICTORIAE AE-TERNA AVG N, Victory advancing left with wreath & palm; MOSTT in exergue.[/QUOTE]
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