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RIC VI, TICINUM 56b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR

  

OBVERSE

DNMAXIMIANOBAEATISSIMOSENAVG [D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding olive branch, l. mappa.

REVERSE

PROVIDENTIADEORVMQVIESAVGG [PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG]; Providentia stg. r., extending r. hand to Quies stg. l., r. holding branch downward, l. leaning on sceptre. PT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR. Specimen similar to TICINUM 56b except for absence of dot in right field. Variety attested for all types of obverses but note that all known specimens are from officina P only. It can be a small unlisted issue or error in mint instructions which was quickly corrected. Also, clogged die cannot be excluded.

See also:
TICINUM 56a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR
TICINUM 57a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR
TICINUM 57b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR

NOTES

Coin sold on Vico Auction 147 (lot 295) in March 2017 for EUR 150. Ex Dattari.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski