RIC VI, SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

OBVERSE	IMPMAXIMI-ANVSPAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	VIRTV-S-AVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; Emperor galloping r., spearing fallen enemy.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen probably belongs to the group of rare unmarked fractions from c. 293-295 (p. 355-357), or to the later group from c. 305 (p. 365-366). In both cases the reader should keep in mind that "the dating and even the attribution of these very rare coins is problematical" (footnote 2 on p. 356) and that all these fractions are "very badly documented" (p. 337). Not listed in King; but cf. no. 7 on p. 423 with different bust type. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 94. See also: SISCIA [after 94], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

NOTES

Æ fraction. Weight 2.35 g; diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on Tkalec Auction 2003 (lot 403) in October 2003 for CHF 1,300. Other specimens: - sold on Eid Mar Auctions auction 1 (lot 512) in December 2023 for EUR 1,100; weight 1.73 g; diameter 16.5 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch auction 95 (lot 639) in October 2014 for EUR 240; weight 1.48 g [click for picture].