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This is a follis - a silvered bronze coin, although the silver is almost worn off here - struck in the city of Nicomedia, now Izmit in Turkey, around 310-311 CE.

Maximinus - called Daia - was the nephew of the emperor Galerius, but a series of complicated political decisions and maneuvers by Licinius I, Constantine, and his uncle ultimately led to his rebellion. Licinius quickly defeated him in two set battles and had him and his family executed.

Maximinus II is a fairly easy emperor to collect, his coins are common and readily available in good grade, althoug perhaps not exactly as common as his rivals Constantine I and Licinius I. Only in bronze, though - silver and gold coins were in this period infrequently struck and this makes them rare and expensive.

Folles from Nicomedia sometimes, like in this case, feature a CMH written as a ligature after the reverse legend. We don't know why - it could be a mark of value, it could be a shortened epithet honouring the emperor.

Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINUS PF AVG, Laureate bust right

Reverse: GENIO AVGVSTI CMH

6.78g and 22mm

RIC VI 66c

Obverse: CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT, Bare head left.

Reverse: P LVRIVS AGRIPPA IIIVIR AAAFF. , Large S C

12g and 27mm

RIC 427

This coin still features the name and titles of the moneyer (P Lurius Agrippa) on the back, in the republican tradition, even if Rome is at this point quickly transitioning into the principate.

His title of Tresvir Monetalis (IIIVIR) - properly tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo or three men for striking silber, gold and brass - means that he was one of the officials appointed as mint magistrates for the year 7 BCE. This moneyer comes from a family (Lurius) of little renown, and so very little is known of him. He would have been around 30 years old when he held this office.

From a cointalk discussion:

The other contemporary familiar Lurius was Marcus, cognomen not clearly recorded, who played a crucial role of Commander of the right wing of the Caesarean fleet under Octavian at least up to the battle of Actium in 31 BC. If Publius was approximately 30 in 7 BC, then he would have been a young child at the time of Actium, consistent with being a child of one of the top Caesarians, who were mostly young men.

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The merger fusion juice between Jumbo-Visma and Soudal-Quick Step seems to have come to an end. From the Netherlands blown over that the merger will not take place. Patrick Lefevere and lender Zdenek Bakala would continue together until 2025. What this means for Remco Evenepoel is not yet clear.

Two weeks ago, a bomb fell in the peloton, when the rumor of a merger between the two top teams turned out to be no rumor. Team Jumbo - Visma and Soudal - Quick Step had signed a letter of intent to merge in the summer.

Jumbo-Visma knew that Jumbo would stop after 2024 and was looking for sponsors. The Dutch billionaire Robert van de Red Light District, who is on the Supervisory Board of Jumbo-Visma, had some conversations with Bakala in the summer, at the end were also the team managers Richard Plugge and Patrick Lefevere.

A lot of cycling followers, but also riders and staff fell from the sky. Uncertainty ruled, the future of many was at stake. Because a team can only count 30 riders. Who was allowed to stay, who had to leave?

What was the human toll? Apart from the legal and sporty. Because that exercise was not yet made, Lefevere gave up last weekend. There were more questions than answers for two weeks. October 18 was the UCI deadline.

But a whole pack of questions may now be possible in the trash, because without fusion everything stays more or less with the old one.

Quid Evenepoel?

Jumbo-Visma, meanwhile, partnered with the American e-commerce company Amazon, a global player, although it is not immediately clear what the input will be.

Lefevere and Bakala would complete their project together until 2025, we heard from good source, although the latter would like to reduce.

Additional investments to strengthen the round core around Remco Evenepoel no longer seem possible. So the question is how Evenepoel will react to all of this.