★ “Head on a platter” ★

Maximinus II Daia (308-313), follis, issued 312-313. Alexandria, 5.1g, 21mm.
Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head right.
Rev: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left holding head of Serapis left in right hand, cornucopia in left; star, N and palm-branch in left field, gamma in right, ALE in exergue.
RIC VI Alexandria 160b
From the zumbly collection, Ex CNG as Superb EF ($145) (Zumbly helped to popularize the term “head on a platter” for this type on CoinTalk.com.)
This coin was issued in the name of Maximinus, the last zealous persecutor of Christians, near the end of his life when he was defeated and rendered irrelevant by Licinius I at the Battle of Tzirallum.