RIC VI, ROMA 7b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; camp-gate (its door open) with three forward turrets, two small turrets between them; behind, three small turrets between two turrets. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. RIC describes camp-gate on reverses of ROMA 5a-8b as having three forward turrets (no small turrets between them) and only two small turrets (instead of three) between two turrets behind. See examples of ROMA 7a, ROMA 8a and ROMA 8b. However, the present variant should be known to Sutherland because it is shown on example of ROMA 6b from plate 6 in RIC.

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Aureus. Weight 5.47 g. Sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in October 2011 for EUR 16,000.