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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2052797, member: 31620&quot;]I have some fairly solid collecting themes and then sometimes I just go off piste and buy something on a whim. This time I bought two coins just because I have always found the types interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have looked at but never actually purchased these types before but finally pulled the trigger and received these coins today. They are of the types where Genius is depicted showing holding the heads of another deity. I have always been fascinated by them and would still like to get a Serapis holding head type, which I will at some point when the whim takes me.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximinus II Daia Follis </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 head of Sol</p><p>Minted in Antioch (* | AI / ANT). A.D. 312</p><p>Reference – RIC VI Antioch 164b</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151g_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maximinus II Daia Follis </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius, naked but for chlamys fastened at his right shoulder and hanging from his left shoulder, standing facing, head left, wearing modius, holding head of Serapis, which faces him, in right hand and ornate cornucopia in left arm behind</p><p>Minted in Alexandria (* / N / Branch | B / ALE).</p><p>Reference:– RIC VI Alexandria 160b </p><p>ex- Bill Welch (moonmoth from other boards) collection</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_151h_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Come on guys you must have coins with gods holding heads in their hands. Share.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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