RIC VI, HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. facing, head l., l. leaning on lion's skin on club. Є in left field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. RIC lists for this type only officina Δ [rarity R2] (p. 542). General note from p. 528: "This issue falls into two sections, before and after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea. [...] In the second, Maximinus is seen to have introduced his own range of types, from which both Licinius and Constantine are excluded: Genio Augusti (scarce), Herculi Victori and Soli Invicto (both rare). Date, 313". See also: HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

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Weight 4.95 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 152 (lot 2425) in October 2006 for EUR 500. Other specimens: - from the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel Collection (reg. no. Mü 641); weight 5.21 g [click for picture]; - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2638) in March 2023 for CHF 160; weight 4.89 g; diameter 22 mm; note retrograde officina letter [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in September 2010 for EUR 199.91; weight 4.714 g; diameter 22 mm; note retrograde officina letter [click for picture]; - sold on Demos auction 22 (lot 709) in July 2023 for EUR 34; weight 5.33 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].