Maximinus II Portrait, Follis (Nummus)

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jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 689 Posts	Posted 07/05/2026 8:54 pm The problem with collecting ancients is how to stop So now I restarted, I started looking at other copper and bronze coins. Picked this one just because it looked too nice to not pick. Genius on the reserve is nicely done, but the emperor portrait, having had time with the coin in hand I can see it is a very different art style already. I think I will try to stick with an emperor face collection of sestertii only. People who collect the more classical look on portraits, at which emperor do you mark the divide between styles? Report this Post to the Staff

Empty_Pockets Valued Member United States 187 Posts	Posted 07/05/2026 10:57 pm I'm in the same boat as you. I can't stop looking for and buying Romans. I like the ones with good eye appeal. Unfortunately, my pockets are empty most of the time so I'm usually short on the do-re-mi. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190323 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 11:35 am Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4981 Posts	Posted 07/07/2026 10:06 pm That's a great looking coin! I've always liked the portrait style of the that era of the tetrarchs coins. Kind of has an art deco vibe going on. Report this Post to the Staff
jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 689 Posts	Posted 07/10/2026 10:16 pm It is a big change in imperial currency. And it must have been intentional. Centralized minting in Rome at the end of the julio-claudians may have caused loss of skill in the western provinces. But we know that the old bronze was still in circulation. There are many treasures with mixed coins. The models were there to be copied if they wanted. Was it a change towards very low relief for technical reasons? Because the coins were so much thinner that the old style portraits would always come out weakly struck? Perhaps. I noticed that many of these nummus appear weakly struck. That would explain why in this one the reverse figure being smaller conserves more of the old style. It needs not be very high above the field to have a fuller style. The big portrait was the feature that got flattened in these thinner coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 07/11/2026 3:47 pm my favorite Maximinus Maximinus II A.D. 309- 310 26mm 6.4g MAXIMINVS NOB CAES; Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield decorated with two horsemen with Draco standards riding to left, four enemies below them; on cuirass, gorgoneion; on helmet, Sol standing facing in quadriga, raising his right hand in salute and holding globe in his left, around, stars and crescent, crest ending in griffin. VIRTVS EXERCITVS; Mars standing front, head to left, resting right hand on decorated shield and holding spear in left; in field to left, lighted altar; B in right field. In ex. ANT RIC VI Antioch 125 Report this Post to the Staff
jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 689 Posts	Posted 07/11/2026 5:38 pm Wow that is a lot of detail, in the shield and helmet, on a not so big coin. There is no doubt that they still knew how to engrave fine dies. Report this Post to the Staff
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