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A billon follis of the emperor Maximinus II with a reverse showing Genius holding the head of Sol Coin Type: Billon follis of Maximinus II, Caesar 305-308 CE, Augustus 309-313
Mint and Date: Antioch, officina 7, 312 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm, 4.9g
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 Sol, which faces him, in right hand and ornate cornucopia in left arm behind.
Field marks: Star in left field, Z in right field.
Exergue: ANT
Provenance: Beast Coins (Vcoins), January 2006
Ref: RIC VI Antioch 164b
BW Ref: 006 028 072
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