6-971

RIC VI, ROMA [after 149], MAXIMINUS, REVERSE VARIETY

   

OBVERSE

MAXIMINV-SNOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

PRINCIPI-I-VVENTVT [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT]; prince stg. l., in military dress, r. raised to ensign, l. leaning on sceptre. PR in exergue

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. RIC lists for Maximinus only variant with prince standing "between two ensigns, r. raised, l. leaning on sceptre" (p. 369). Cf. ROMA 152 (the same type minted for Constantine). Depeyrot 14/1. Calicó 5023. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 369. Coin should be listed after ROMA 149.

See also:
ROMA [after 149], MAXIMINUS, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 4.75 g. Sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in October 2008 for $1,905.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski