RIC VI, ROMA 87b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	GALVALMAXIMIANVSNOBC [GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C]; bust r., rad., dr., with or without cuir.
REVERSE	VOT/XX in two lines in wreath.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list such fraction issue without officina letter. The most similar is ROMA 74-89b (p. 359-360). Footnote 2 on p. 359 about this issue reads as follows: "These common coins have been studied and recorded with insufficient care. It appears that there were examples (of which Vienna contains a number) without any officina-letter—a separate issue, or result of error in engraving ?".

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 3.1 g; diameter 20-21 mm. Coin sold on eBay in January 2008 for $21.92. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in January 2009 for $29.89; weight 3.77 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].