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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2765068, member: 31620&quot;]Nice one Q. It&#039;s nice to see a flaming altar with the libations pouring out from the patera.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Nicomedia with a similar depiction is nowhere enar as nice.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximinus II Daia - Follis</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys at waist, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding patera, from which liquid is flowing, sacrificing over lighted altar</p><p>Minted in Nicomedia (_ | E // SMN).</p><p>Reference(s) – RIC VI Nicomedia 71b (Rated C) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151o_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I like the head holding coins too.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximinus II Daia - Follis </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys at waist, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding head of Sol</p><p>Minted in Antioch (* | E/D / ANT). A.D. 312</p><p>Reference(s) – RIC VI Antioch 164b </p><p><br /></p><p>Flan flaw on eye of bust on pbverse otherwise a pleasing example </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151l_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximinus II Daia - Follis</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol standing left in long robe, right hand raised, left hand holding head of Serapis</p><p>Minted in Antioch (A | * // ANT).</p><p>Reference(s) – RIC VI Antioch 167b </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151n_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a set of Alexandrian MIIDs too but am saving them for another thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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