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RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 74b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ς

  

OBVERSE

IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOA-VGVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; to l. altar. Star over ς in right field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - ς. General note about this issue from p. 551: "Genio Augusti is again shared between the three colleagues, though Constantine is rare [...] Date, c. 312 (later)".

NOTES

Weight 4.42 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on VAuctions in October 2008 for $51.

Other specimens:

- specimen sold on eBay in September 2007 for $9.65; weight 5.3 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- specimen sold on eBay in April 2008 for $11.85; weight 4.0 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- specimen sold on eBay in December 2008 for $18.28 [click for picture];

- specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in March 2010 for $310; weight 5.27 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- specimen offered on MA-SHOPS (cgb.fr) in October 2011 for EUR 195; weight 5.14 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski