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<p>[QUOTE="Caesar_Augustus, post: 4675985, member: 87659"]I've got two nice coins from Roman Nikomedeia, almost 300 years apart. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus II Daia</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/maximinusii3/maximinusii3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>312 A.D., Nicomedia Mint, 3rd Officina</p><p>4.73g, 23.1mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG,</p><p><i>Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> GENIO A-VGVSTI,</p><p><i>Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand; to left, altar</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> -/Γ//SMN</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Busso Nachf Store 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> RIC VI Nicomedia 71a</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian the Great</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/justiniani1/justiniani1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>540 - 541 A.D., Nicomedia Mint, 1st Officina</p><p>23.31g, 39.0mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG,</p><p><i>Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif; cross to right</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> -,</p><p><i>Large M; A/N/N/O - X/II/II (R.Y. 14) across field, cross above, A below</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> NIKO</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Numismatik Naumann Auction 60 Lot 593</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> SBCV 201[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Caesar_Augustus, post: 4675985, member: 87659"]I've got two nice coins from Roman Nikomedeia, almost 300 years apart. Maximinus II Daia AE Follis [IMG]https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/maximinusii3/maximinusii3.jpg[/IMG] 312 A.D., Nicomedia Mint, 3rd Officina 4.73g, 23.1mm, 6H [B]Obverse:[/B] IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, [I]Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right[/I] [B]Reverse:[/B] GENIO A-VGVSTI, [I]Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand; to left, altar[/I] [B]Exergue:[/B] -/Γ//SMN [B]Provenance:[/B] Ex. Busso Nachf Store 2018 [B]Reference:[/B] RIC VI Nicomedia 71a Justinian the Great AE Follis [IMG]https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/justiniani1/justiniani1.jpg[/IMG] 540 - 541 A.D., Nicomedia Mint, 1st Officina 23.31g, 39.0mm, 6H [B]Obverse:[/B] D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, [I]Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif; cross to right[/I] [B]Reverse:[/B] -, [I]Large M; A/N/N/O - X/II/II (R.Y. 14) across field, cross above, A below[/I] [B]Exergue:[/B] NIKO [B]Provenance:[/B] Ex. Numismatik Naumann Auction 60 Lot 593 [B]Reference:[/B] SBCV 201[/QUOTE]
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