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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caesar_Augustus, post: 4952670, member: 87659&quot;]Constantine also had a thing for Mars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine the Great</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/f4rJBpl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>313 A.D., Rome Mint, 2nd Officina</p><p>3.24g, 20.0mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG,</p><p><i>Bust of Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> MARTI CO-NSERVATORI,</p><p><i>Mars, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, standing right, holding reversed spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> R/F//RS</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. eBay 2019</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> RIC VII Rome 6</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine the Great</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/constantinei31/constantinei31.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>313 - 315 A.D., Treveri Mint, 1st Officina</p><p>4.83g, 22.0mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> CONSTANTINVS P F AVG,</p><p><i>Bust of Constantine I, laureate, cuirassed, right</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> MARTI CON-SERVATORI,</p><p><i>Mars, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, cloak spread, standing right, holding reversed vertical spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> T/F//PTR</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Ancient &amp; Medieval Coins Canada Auction 2, Lot 239, Ex. TheRed Collection</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> RIC VII Treveri 53</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a Mars reverse of Maximinus though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus II Daia</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/maximinusii4/maximinusii4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>308 - 313 A.D., Alexandria Mint, 6th Officina</p><p>6.730g, 23.1mm, 12H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES,</p><p><i>Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right;ties divergent, with pointed truncation</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> GENIO CA-ESARIS,</p><p><i>Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand; liquid sometimes flowing from patera</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> K/(ς on P)//ALE</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. CNG Electronic Auction 457, Lot 751 (part of), Ex. Forum Ancient Coins</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> RIC VI Alexandria 99a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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