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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3008717, member: 56859&quot;]Interesting.&nbsp; I was just cruising through CNG&#039;s archives to sample the headgear.&nbsp; I&#039;d never appreciated any difference.&nbsp; Looking at the Maximian Genius folles in CNG&#039;s archives, it looks like there are more modius heads.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited:&nbsp; I was looking at all of the Maximian Genius mints, not just Trier.&nbsp; Narrowed down to Trier, the number of turreted heads increases.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited again:&nbsp; A hasty count of the Maximian Genius Trier folles shows the turret heads outnumbering the modius heads ~2 to 1.&nbsp; However, some of the coins I put in the turret category may have just been wide modiuses.&nbsp; Interestingly, most of the modius heads were in the e-auction section while the coin shop had mostly turreted heads, and the print auction had few of either.&nbsp; From that I postulate that the turreted head coins are more common in higher grade, for whatever reason-- or else that is just an artifact of a small sample size <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the OP coin a turret or a modius?&nbsp; I counted that style with the turrets in my little survey, although they aren&#039;t as turret-y as some.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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