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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I picked up a coin of one of the last Pagan Emperors (he spilled enough Christian blood to prove so). It's fully silvered and not bad at all for the price I paid. Maximinus II. AE Follis. 310-313 AD. IMP MAXIMINVS PF AVG, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / GENIO-POP ROM, Genius standing left, tower on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae. T-F across fields. Mintmark PTR. RIC VI Trier 844a, rated scarce.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Accurately centered, fully struck up fully silvered, and almost no sign of wear. An excellent example.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
606 Posts |
Very nice! I will eventually have one fully silvered. lol Beautiful coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
Nice pick up! I didn't know that Western mints minted for Maximinus II so late. Certainly not a portrait type normally seen for this emperor!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1120 Posts |
Thanks guys, it just arrived today. At 24mm , it's even better in hand.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Good looking coin, TC. Congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
905 Posts |
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IMP MAXIMINVS PF AVG, laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back...RIC VI Trier 844a Your legend is IMP MAXIMINVS AVG and the bust is laureate and cuirassed. It is RIC VI Trier 851a |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1120 Posts |
I must have never saw this because I never updated the attribution. Victor thank you for the correction, it's much appreciated.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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What a lovely coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2099 Posts |
Is the silvering original or is it a modern re-plating?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1120 Posts |
Not sure how modern re-plating works, but there are deposits sitting on the coin that are not silvered. I would guess that if the coin is artificially plated it would coat the deposits?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2099 Posts |
Here is an example of a coin of Constantine the Great from my collection that appears to have undergone some form of resilvering in the recent past (in the 1800s?). It was this coin that triggered the thought and thus the question. The silvering has had time to age and tone.  Edited by maridvnvm
01/10/2022 3:33 pm
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United States
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maridvnvm, it's a possibility, the fabric/tone looks similar to your coin and it doesn't resemble any silvered coins I have. I thought it may have been a one off with a little more silver content than usual. I read a few threads about re-silvered coins and it seems they were coated/sprayed over any imperfections and encrustations/deposits. So I am optimistic that mine might be ok, but to be honest not 100%  |
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