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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 8051277, member: 82549&quot;]Very nice coin, [USER=121258]@Struck7[/USER]. Congratulations.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the late 3rd/early 4th century there were many, many bronze coins with reverses depicting the genius (sort of a guardian spirit) pouring wine from a patera, a type of cup or pan that contained wine. There are many different varieties of this coin. Some of them show the wine actually coming out of the patera, some show the genius sacrificing wine over an alter.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also earlier coins that have a similar reverse, although these are less abundant and will take a little more poking around to unearth. There are also Greek and provincial versions of this theme, as well as many coins with a bunch of grapes or a trellis covered in grape vines on the reverse--some are quite rare, some are very common, some dirt cheap, some frighteningly expensive. If you really want to collect wine-themed coins, you&#039;ve come to the right place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a typical Genio reverse type:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394252[/ATTACH]</p><p><u><b> Galerius (Maximian)</b></u></p><p><i>Caesar, A.D. 293-305</i></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 305-311</i></p><p>Bronze Nummus</p><p>Ticinum mint, A.D. 295-296</p><p>Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES</p><p>Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae</p><p>ST in exergue</p><p>RIC 30b</p><p>28mm, 9.9g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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