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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7911898, member: 87809"]Bought a Maximinus Daia recently just because I didn't have one of this emperor who was the last person with the title of Pharaoh. Maximinus's status as a non-Christian accorded the priests of Egypt an opportunity to style him as Pharaoh.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck after Maximinus II took the territory of Galerius (which included Nicomedia) in 311 and before Licinius took it from Maximinus II in 313 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Follis, Nicomedia (Izmit), 3rd officina, c. May 310 – May 311 AD</p><p>RIC VI 66c; Failmezger 191b</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: GENIO AV-GVSTI CMH (ligate), Genius standing ¾ front, head to left, wearing kalathos, modius on head and holding in his r. hand patera from which liquid flows and cornucopiae in his left; SMNΓ in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>The legend GENIO AVGVSTI is extended with a monogram, which most authors say is "CMH” (ligated), at Nicomedia and Cyzicus. If that is "CMH" as many authors think, it might be that the "MH" which is "48" (in Greek), means that they were struck 48 to the Roman pound.</p><p>SMN = Sacra Moneta Nicomedia or Sigmata Moneta Nicomedia (money struck at Nicomedia), Γ = 3rd officina</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1366175[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7911898, member: 87809"]Bought a Maximinus Daia recently just because I didn't have one of this emperor who was the last person with the title of Pharaoh. Maximinus's status as a non-Christian accorded the priests of Egypt an opportunity to style him as Pharaoh. This coin was struck after Maximinus II took the territory of Galerius (which included Nicomedia) in 311 and before Licinius took it from Maximinus II in 313 AD. Æ Follis, Nicomedia (Izmit), 3rd officina, c. May 310 – May 311 AD RIC VI 66c; Failmezger 191b Ob.: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right Rev.: GENIO AV-GVSTI CMH (ligate), Genius standing ¾ front, head to left, wearing kalathos, modius on head and holding in his r. hand patera from which liquid flows and cornucopiae in his left; SMNΓ in exergue The legend GENIO AVGVSTI is extended with a monogram, which most authors say is "CMH” (ligated), at Nicomedia and Cyzicus. If that is "CMH" as many authors think, it might be that the "MH" which is "48" (in Greek), means that they were struck 48 to the Roman pound. SMN = Sacra Moneta Nicomedia or Sigmata Moneta Nicomedia (money struck at Nicomedia), Γ = 3rd officina [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1366175[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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