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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3232670, member: 57495"]Nice one. Here's one from the same mint, but for Maximinus Daia, during the period that Galerius tried to saddle him and Constantine with the FIL AVG title. Neither of them took to the idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]844582[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMINUS II DAIA, as Filius Augustorum</b></p><p>AE Follis. 6.25g, 26.7mm, Thessalonica mint, 4th officina, AD 309-310, RIC VI 39a (scarce). O: MAXIMINVS FIL AVGG, laureate head right. R: VIRTVTI E-XERVITVS, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy; star and Δ in field, •SM•TS• in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Asta 06 Online, Lot 3188</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>You have your reverse figure as Virtus, but the description I have for mine is Mars. I'm not sure if the convention always holds true, but the distinction some make between the two falls to whether the figure is nude (and therefore Mars, as on our coins above), or dressed in military garb (Virtus, as on the coin below).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]844583[/ATTACH]<b>MAXIMINUS II DAIA</b></p><p>AE Follis. 6.33g, 24.7mm. Alexandria mint, AD 308. RIC VI Alexandria 77. O: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right. R: VIRTVS EX-ERCITVS, Virtus in military dress advancing right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; P in left field, Δ over R in right field, ALE in exergue. </p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923)</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3232670, member: 57495"]Nice one. Here's one from the same mint, but for Maximinus Daia, during the period that Galerius tried to saddle him and Constantine with the FIL AVG title. Neither of them took to the idea. [ATTACH=full]844582[/ATTACH] [B]MAXIMINUS II DAIA, as Filius Augustorum[/B] AE Follis. 6.25g, 26.7mm, Thessalonica mint, 4th officina, AD 309-310, RIC VI 39a (scarce). O: MAXIMINVS FIL AVGG, laureate head right. R: VIRTVTI E-XERVITVS, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy; star and Δ in field, •SM•TS• in exergue.[B][/B] [I]Ex Asta 06 Online, Lot 3188 [/I] You have your reverse figure as Virtus, but the description I have for mine is Mars. I'm not sure if the convention always holds true, but the distinction some make between the two falls to whether the figure is nude (and therefore Mars, as on our coins above), or dressed in military garb (Virtus, as on the coin below). [ATTACH=full]844583[/ATTACH][B]MAXIMINUS II DAIA[/B] AE Follis. 6.33g, 24.7mm. Alexandria mint, AD 308. RIC VI Alexandria 77. O: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right. R: VIRTVS EX-ERCITVS, Virtus in military dress advancing right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; P in left field, Δ over R in right field, ALE in exergue. [I]Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923)[/I] [B][/B][/QUOTE]
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