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coins ancient to romans imperial and republican 308 ce maximinus fil avgg thessalonica mint

Denomination: Follis
Era: C. 308 CE
Metal: AE
Obverse: MAXIMINVS•FIL•AVGG; Laureate head r.

Reverse: GENIOCA-ESARIS; Genius standing l., holding patera and cornucopia; 8-point star to l.;  to r.; •SMTS• in exergue

Mint: Thesalonica
Weight: 6.70 gm.
Reference: RIC 32a (Thessalonica)
Provenance: Auctiones, eAuction #68, lot 151. June, 2020

Scarce FIL AVG issue, struck at Thesalonica (mint under control of Galerius). Maximinus was given the Filius Augustorum designation at the Carnuntum conference, but was unaccepting of this as a downgrade from Caesar. Interesting that the Reverse legend refers to Caesar, not Fil Avg. The eastern mints Antioch and Alexandria under Miximinus control continued to use Nobilisimus Caesar on the coins for Maximinus, never Fil Avg.

Colección : The Tetrarchy to the defeat of Maximinus 313 AD.

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