6-857

RIC VI, ROMA, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [MONETA AVGG] (lighter)

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAVRVALMAXIMIANVSAVG [IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

MONETAAVGG [MONETA AVGG]; three Monetae stg. l., each holding scale and cornucopiae.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Æ medallions of the rulers of the first Tetrarchy with three Monetae on reverse are omitted both in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. Judging from portraits, part of them belongs to the pre-reform coinage, but the present writer decided not to make his own, and rather arbitrary, division of this material. Note that there are at least two different issues: lighter (c. 20 g), probably earlier, and heavier (over 30 g).

NOTES

Æ medallion. Weight 18.49 g; diameter 33 mm. Coin sold on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in November 2000 for $787.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski