Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted May 7 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 7 (edited) New addition to the collection courtesy of Forum Ancient Coins: Maximinus Daia May 310 - 30 April 313 Antioch, Syria Civic Christian Persecution Issue AE Quarter Follis, 1.31 grams, 15.3 mm 6th Officina, Antioch 312 C.E. Obverse: GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing on rocks, turreted and veiled, stalks of grain right, river god Orontes swimming below Reverse: APOLLINI SANCTO, Apollo standing left, pouring libation from patera in right hand, lyre in left hand, zeta to right, SMA in exergue Reference: McAlee 170(f), Vagi 2954, Van Heesch 3(a), SRCV IV 14927 In 311 an embassy from Antioch, led by their curator Theotecnus, asked Maximinus to ban Christians from their city. Other cities made the same request. Maximinus' support for this request is demonstrated by this coin type. But fearing other emperors including Licinius, Maximinus' Edict in 313 restored Christian privileges and property. Licinius captured Antioch in 313 and had Theotecnus executed. Please share any of these so-called anonymous civic issues! Edited May 7 by Ancient Coin Hunter added heading and story 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted May 7 · Supporter Share Posted May 7 Found quite a way from Antioch. Anonymous AE4 (Maximinus II), 312 Antioch. Bronze, 16mm, 1.24g. Genius of Antioch, turreted, veiled, seated facing, the river god Orontes swimming below; GENIO ANTIOCHENI. Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre; APOLLONI SANCTO; officina Z in right field; mintmark SMA (Van Heesch 3). Found Carlisle, Cumbria. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted May 7 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted May 7 1 hour ago, John Conduitt said: Found quite a way from Antioch. Anonymous AE4 (Maximinus II), 312 Antioch. Bronze, 16mm, 1.24g. Genius of Antioch, turreted, veiled, seated facing, the river god Orontes swimming below; GENIO ANTIOCHENI. Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre; APOLLONI SANCTO; officina Z in right field; mintmark SMA (Van Heesch 3). Found Carlisle, Cumbria. Well John that shows how widely these types circulated in the Roman Empire of the time. I'm wondering what the purchasing power of the quarter follis was. Probably not much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 7 · Patron Share Posted May 7 4 hours ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said: Well John that shows how widely these types circulated in the Roman Empire of the time. I'm wondering what the purchasing power of the quarter follis was. Probably not much. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwyler Posted May 8 · Member Share Posted May 8 Here's mine:- There were several of these in the auction I won this in; I chose this because of the Officina. The ninth Officina would normally have been theta, but these superstitious pagans avoided it because it was the first letter of death in Greek. Instead they used epsilon delta (5 and 4) which kept the grim reaper at bay. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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