6-944

RIC VI, CYZICUS [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI PROPVGNATORI]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIAN-VSNOBC [MAXIMIANVS NOB C]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVIPROP-V-GNATORI [IOVI PROPVGNATORI]; Jupiter advancnig l., looking r., chlamys flying, r. holding thubderbolt; to l., fallen enemy.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC. Probably belongs to the pre-reform coinage. Sometimes attributed to Siscia.

Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: P-V-G and O-P, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62).

Listed as Siscian coin in Depeyrot (p. 96, no. 3/6) with rev. legend break O-P. Should be listed in RIC before CYZICUS 1.

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.49 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 54 (lot 604) in March 2010 for CHF 9,800; sold on Künker auction 174 (lot 1003) in September 2010 for EUR 9,250.

Other specimens:

- sold on Aureo & Calicó auction "Imagines Imperatorum" (lot 324) in February 2012 for EUR 34,000; sold on Aureo & Calicó auction 300 (lot 189) in November 2017 for EUR 12,000; weight 5.14 g; rev. legend break O-P [click for picture];

- from Leu Numismatik auction 65 (lot 482), May 1996; weight 5.28 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski