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RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 14, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIA-NVSAVGVSTVS [MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

XX/MAXI/MAIN/IAVG/SMN [XX MAXIMAINI (sic!) AVG]; in five lines in laur. wreath.

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 14 except for MAXIMAINI in rev. legend instead of MAXIMIANI. Variety not mentioned in Depeyrot. Apparently an engraver's error.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.28 g. Tkalec Auction February 2002 (lot 241); Helios Numismatik auction 1 (lot 560), April 2008; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 59 (lot 1155) in April 2011 for CHF 20,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski