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Maximianus Follis: Constantius "Invasion Coinage"

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 Posted 07/20/2012  9:27 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jamesicus to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
In another thread jwharper wrote:

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jamesicus: Nice image. Great photography. Wish I could take decent photos.

JW:

Here are two old obverse and reverse (not so great) photos that I found of your coin:

Maximian Herculius (Maximianus) AE Follis. Lugdunum mint, ca 296 AD. No mintmark. RIC VI, Lugdunum, 14b. (Constantius "Invasion Coinage").

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IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate bust right with bare neck truncation

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GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera in extended right hand & cradling cornucopiae in left arm.

Feel free to download and save them if you wish. The reverse is "scuzzy", but there is a good bit of silver wash visible on the obverse and coins of this series are very hard to come by (just ask bobbyhelmet).

James
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07/20/2012 9:31 pm
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 Posted 07/20/2012  10:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's interesting--it almost looks like there's (silver) crystallization happening to this coin, but that would suggest it has higher silver content than just a "wash"?
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Thanks Jamesicus. I will keep the images. I haven't received the coin, but will let you know when I do.
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