Constantine I Genius holding head of Serapis

ID: 0103

Constantine I, AE Follis, 20mm. Alexandria, 312-313 AD. FL VALER CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, laureate head right / GENIO-AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding head of Serapis and cornucopiae. Star over N over palmbranch in left field, B in right field. Mintmark ALE. RIC VI Alexandria 161; Sear 15906

Reference: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantine/_alexandria_RIC_VI_161.jpg

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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

Reference: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/maximinus_ii_007.html

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