RIC VI, SERDICA 40, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	GALVALMAXIMINVSNOBC [GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-L-IROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Star in left field, Γ in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists officinae Α, Β and Δ (p. 500). General note about this issue from p. 490: "The coins as a whole are scarce [...] All four officinae worked impartially for all three persons [Galerius Maximian, Maximinus, Galeria Valeria]. The weight suggests a date late in 307 or in 308 [...]".

NOTES

Weight 6.5 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on eBay in August 2009 for $22.01. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in September 2011 for $9.75; weight 6.5 g; diameter 26.50 mm [click for picture].