<— Last coin ----------     What I Like About Ancient Coins     ---------- Next coin —>
Last coin thumbnail   Next coin thumbnail
A silvery billon coin of the emperor Maximinus II showing Sol carrying the head of Serapis. Coin Type: Billon follis of Maximinus II, Caesar 305-308 CE, Augustus 309-313 CE
Mint and Date: Nicomedia, officina 4, 312 CE.
Size and Weight: 21.7mm, 3.49g
Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG
Laureate head right.
Reverse: SOLI IN-VICTO
Sol, wearing ornate robes, standing half left, head left, right hand raised in the typical gesture, left hand holding the head of Serapis behind at waist level.
Field marks: Star above Δ in left field.
Exergue: SMN
Provenance: 32chris (eBay), March 2007
Ref: RIC VI Nicomedia 77b
BW Ref: 009 031 106
Click on the picture for a larger scale view of the coin
The content of this page was last updated on 29 October 2006