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HeavyHog Valued Member United States 59 Posts	Posted 05/18/2023 7:45 pm Any info on this coin? Thanks all! Report this Post to the Staff

collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 05/18/2023 8:05 pm Maximiminus II Like this: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/nn...Default.aspx Report this Post to the Staff
HeavyHog Valued Member United States 59 Posts	Posted 05/18/2023 8:23 pm Excellent, thanks for the help! I'm new to ancient coins. What is this coin made of? It looks a lot more copper in real life than in the pictures. It also weighs about what a copper coin of this size would. So this coin would have been minted sometime around 310 AD or so? Is that about right? Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 05/18/2023 8:36 pm Welcome to the fascinating (and complicated) world of ancient coin collecting. This coin is a Follis - a large Roman coin made of Bronze (majority copper) Wildwinds: https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/i.html is an excellent website for identifying Roman imperial coins once you know the ruler. I think it's made in exactly 315AD From this page: https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric...us_II/t.html Maximinus II, AE follis. Alexandria. 315 AD. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG, laureate head right with parallel wreath ties, rounded ends (important for the id) / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae. Crescent over K in left field. Gamma over P in right field. Mintmark ALE. RIC VI Alexandria 139b. Report this Post to the Staff
HeavyHog Valued Member United States 59 Posts	Posted 05/18/2023 8:55 pm Wow. Great info. Many thanks! This has been in a bag of foreign coins that I've had forever. I used to collect US coins and so I never really gave them a second thought. Just recently I decided to dive in and learn more about foreign coins and I found it. What a great piece of history! Please don't tell me I have another hobby now... Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94636 Posts	Posted 05/18/2023 10:08 pm to CCF - where all your questions can be answered (well almost all) Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 05/19/2023 06:35 am HeavyHog, If you are getting into ancients, bookmark those highlighted links. If you are into foreign, bookmark this: https://en.numista.com/ John1 Report this Post to the Staff
HeavyHog Valued Member United States 59 Posts	Posted 05/19/2023 5:37 pm Will do John1. Many thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
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