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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3511984, member: 87404"]Very interesting work, David! I too can't wait for Part II!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my two Type A's, including one from the "Death" workshop 9:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190129_200305169.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Anonymous Pagan “Persecution” Issue</b></p><p><b>Time of Maximinus II Daia, 310-313 AD</b></p><p><b>AE 1/4 Follis, Struck 312 AD, Antioch Mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing on rock, river-god Orontes swimming below.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing facing, pouring libation from patera and holding lyre, Є / Δ in field right.</p><p><b>Exergue</b>: SMA</p><p><b>References</b>: McAlee 170i, Vagi 2954</p><p><b>Size</b>: 16mm, 1.11g</p><p><i><font size="3"><b>Notes</b>: This coin is from the 9th workshop, but rather than use Θ (theta), which is Greek for nine, the engraver used delta (Greek for 4) and epsilon (Greek for 5) which add up to nine. Theta was the first letter of the word death in Greek and was considered by some to also be the symbol of death, so it was best to avoid using it.</font></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190419_181740362.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>Anonymous Pagan “Persecution” Issue</b></p><p><b>Time of Maximinus II Daia, 310-313 AD</b></p><p><b>AE 1/4 Follis, Struck 312 AD, Antioch Mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing on rock, river-god Orontes swimming below.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing facing, pouring libation from patera and holding lyre, H in field right.</p><p><b>Exergue</b>: SMA</p><p><b>References</b>: McAlee 170, Vagi 2954</p><p><b>Size</b>: 16mm, 1.7g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3511984, member: 87404"]Very interesting work, David! I too can't wait for Part II! Here are my two Type A's, including one from the "Death" workshop 9: [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190129_200305169.jpg[/IMG] [B]Anonymous Pagan “Persecution” Issue Time of Maximinus II Daia, 310-313 AD AE 1/4 Follis, Struck 312 AD, Antioch Mint Obverse[/B]: GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing on rock, river-god Orontes swimming below. [B]Reverse[/B]: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing facing, pouring libation from patera and holding lyre, Є / Δ in field right. [B]Exergue[/B]: SMA [B]References[/B]: McAlee 170i, Vagi 2954 [B]Size[/B]: 16mm, 1.11g [I][SIZE=3][B]Notes[/B]: This coin is from the 9th workshop, but rather than use Θ (theta), which is Greek for nine, the engraver used delta (Greek for 4) and epsilon (Greek for 5) which add up to nine. Theta was the first letter of the word death in Greek and was considered by some to also be the symbol of death, so it was best to avoid using it.[/SIZE] [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190419_181740362.jpg[/IMG][/I] [B]Anonymous Pagan “Persecution” Issue Time of Maximinus II Daia, 310-313 AD AE 1/4 Follis, Struck 312 AD, Antioch Mint Obverse[/B]: GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing on rock, river-god Orontes swimming below. [B]Reverse[/B]: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing facing, pouring libation from patera and holding lyre, H in field right. [B]Exergue[/B]: SMA [B]References[/B]: McAlee 170, Vagi 2954 [B]Size[/B]: 16mm, 1.7g[/QUOTE]
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