RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 100a], MAXIMINVS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA ς

OBVERSE	GALVALMAXIMINVSNOBCAES [GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur. (parallel ties, rounded truncation, type γ).
REVERSE	GENIOC[A]-ESARIS [GENIO CAESARIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. P in left field and ς over K in right field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. RIC lists for Maximinus' coins from this issue only bust with divergent ties, pointed truncation (type α; ALEXANDRIA 99a) and bust with parallel ties, pointed truncation (type β ALEXANDRIA 100a). Type with parallel ties and rounded truncation (type γ) is not attested. Note that it is sometimes hard to distinguish pointed truncation from rounded truncation because these details are very small and often worn. Coin should be listed after ALEXANDRIA 100a. See also: ALEXANDRIA [after 100a], MAXIMINVS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA B ALEXANDRIA [after 100a], MAXIMINVS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Γ ALEXANDRIA [after 100a], MAXIMINVS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Δ ALEXANDRIA [after 100a], MAXIMINVS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Є

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Weight 6.53 g; diameter 22-13 mm. Coin sold on eBay in April 2017 for 23.50. Other specimens: - from Numismatica Ars Classica auction 42 (lot 424), November 2007; weight 6.06 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - from Aureo & Calicó auction 280 (lot 2112), July 2016; weight 7.42 g [click for picture].