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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2244372, member: 57495&quot;]The attraction of the FIL AVGG coins of Constantine I and Maximinus II for me is that they show a title (<i>Filius Augustorum</i>, &quot;Son of the Augusti&quot;) that the two rulers upon whom it had been conferred rejected.&nbsp; We have the coins thanks to Galerius, ruling Senior Augustus of the second tetrarchy, who made up the title and had the coins struck at the mints that he controlled.&nbsp; It was a rather weak attempt on his part at placating Constantine and Maximinus while at the same time denying their claims to the purple.&nbsp; Accordingly, they refused to use it themselves and told him where he coud stick it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Warren Esty has the full story and all the pictures summarizing these short-lived issues here:</p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/FILAVGG/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/FILAVGG/" rel="nofollow">http://esty.ancients.info/FILAVGG/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]443101[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMINUS II DAIA</b></p><p>as Filius Augustorum</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>6.25g, 26.7mm</p><p>Thessalonica mint, 4th officina, AD 309-310</p><p>RIC VI 39a (S)</p><p>O: MAXIMINVS FIL AVGG, laureate head right.</p><p>R: VIRTVTI E-XERVITVS, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy; star and delta in field, dot SM dot TS dot in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d been looking for an example of one of these scarce types for awhile and was happy to score this one for a decent price.&nbsp; It&#039;s a pleasing-looking coin on the whole, and for post-reform tetrarchic coins that can get almost boringly well-made and uniform in style and appearance, I&#039;m considering the flat/double struck funniness going on on the reverse a plus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>After I picked this one up, I also managed to get a Constantine FIL AVGG, which is on the way.&nbsp; I&#039;ll post that one when it arrives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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