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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3193376, member: 74834&quot;]I used to have not much interest in reverses of Roman coins, but it&#039;s one of the things I learned at CoinTalk to look better at them. Here are a few Genius types. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]824843[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Nero AE As. Lugdunum, ca. 65 AD. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P, bare head right, globe at point of bust / GENIO AVGVSTI S-C, Genius standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar &amp; holding cornucopiae. 31 mm, 10.38 gr. </p><p>A patient of my father-in-law (who was a well-known lover of Roman history) found it in a churchyard, 48 years ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]824842[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus II Daia 307-311, AE follis Alexandria. Obv. Laureate head to the right, IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG. Rev. Genius standing facing, head left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys across left shoulder, liquors flowing from patera in right hand, cornucopiae in left. K in left field, gamma / P in right field. GENIO IMP/ERATORIS. ALE in exergue. 25,5 mm, 6.61 gr. RIC VI, 105c. </p><p>This is the fantastic Maximinus Daia portrait from the Tom Cederlind estate, also a name I learned from CoinTalk. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]824841[/ATTACH] </p><p>AE pentassarion Elagabalus. Parium, Mysia. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Genius standing left, holding phiale over lighted altar and cradling cornucopia. 22 mm, 6.56 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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