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Coin Type: Billon follis of Maximinus II, Caesar 305-308 CE, Augustus 309-313 CE Mint and Date: Alexandria, officina 2, 312-313 CE. Size and Weight: 22mm, 4.85g Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG Laureate head right. Reverse: GENIO AVGVSTI Genius, naked but for chlamys fastened at his right shoulder and hanging from his left shoulder, standing facing, head left, wearing modius, holding head of Serapis, which faces him, in right hand and ornate cornucopia in left arm behind. Field marks: Star above N above branch angled to the left in left field, B in right field. Exergue: ALE Provenance: J C Lavender (Vcoins), February 2006 Ref: RIC VI Alexandria 160b BW Ref: 007 028 072 |
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