6-2371

RIC VI, SERDICA 45, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

  

OBVERSE

GALVALMAXIMINVSNOBC [GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVTI-EXERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Virtus [actually Mars] advancing r., holding transverse spear, trophy over l. shoulder. Star in left field, A in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists officinae B and Δ (p. 500). General note 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 [...]".

See also:
SERDICA 45, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Sold on Elsen auction 149 (lot 416) in December 2021 for EUR 340 [lot of 13 coins].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski