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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aethelred, post: 2566286, member: 81808&quot;]I have owned this coin for a number of years, but have never photographed it until now. I can already see that I need to re-shoot the obverse since it is a bit soft in focus.</p><p><br /></p><p>My lack of talent as a photographer aside, this coin was issued by the Gallic Usurper Marius who, according to David Sear was a humble blacksmith who joined the army, rose through the ranks under Postumus and seized power when the former was assassinated, but was himself killed (according to legend with a sword that he himself had made) after a reign of two or three days.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck at Cologne on the German frontier. It is 21mm in diameter with a weight of 3.0g. For reference it is RIC-7 and SR-11119.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to RIC all of Marius&#039; coins are scarce to rare, but there are enough of them out there to suggest that one of the following two possibilities are true:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. That Marius actually reigned longer than two to three days.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. That his reign really did only last a few days but either word of his death did not reach the mint for some time or the mint continued to issue coins in his name after his death for a short period.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wnccoins.com/BIB%20Marius%20Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.wnccoins.com/BIB%20Marius%20rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a Marius please feel free to post a photo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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