6-900

RIC VI, ROMA [before 5a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIA-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

HER-CVLID-EBELLAT [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]; Hercules stg. l., fighting Hydra with club in r. hand. PR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Omitted from RIC V/2 and RIC VI. There is a slight possibility that some of these omitted issues were minted after Reform. Calicó 4666. Could be listed before ROMA 5a.

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.28 g. Coin sold on Gemini auction in January 2007 for $22,000.

Other specimens:

- specimen from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1986,1225.1); weight 5.06 g; obv. legend break I-A [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski