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<p>[QUOTE="dadams, post: 3539736, member: 82194"]<font face="Times New Roman">I took Friday off work to take advantage of the Memorial Day holiday on Monday - a 4 day weekend, Yeah!! As I had no plans and nothing at all to do I putzed around town a bit and wound up at an antique store where I happened across this:</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Maximinus-RomanCoin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Somewhat unsure, I believe the correct attribution would be:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Maximinus I, 235 - 238 AD. Denarius.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus right.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse: SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated left feeding serpent rising from altar.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I do, of course, already have a Max Thrax in the collection which I love, but I just couldn't pass on this purchase.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">↓</font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">↓</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">↓</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">↓</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">↓</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">↓</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">and the spoiler here is that this one is 178mm & 989g !!</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Maximinus-RomanCoin-002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Hope everyone is having a great weekend - post whatever!</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">-d</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dadams, post: 3539736, member: 82194"][FONT=Times New Roman]I took Friday off work to take advantage of the Memorial Day holiday on Monday - a 4 day weekend, Yeah!! As I had no plans and nothing at all to do I putzed around town a bit and wound up at an antique store where I happened across this:[/FONT] [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Maximinus-RomanCoin.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman]Somewhat unsure, I believe the correct attribution would be: Maximinus I, 235 - 238 AD. Denarius. Obverse: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus right. Reverse: SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated left feeding serpent rising from altar. I do, of course, already have a Max Thrax in the collection which I love, but I just couldn't pass on this purchase. ↓[/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman] ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman] and the spoiler here is that this one is 178mm & 989g !![/FONT] [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Maximinus-RomanCoin-002.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman]Hope everyone is having a great weekend - post whatever! -d[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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