RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 61], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIA AVGG], OFFICINA Δ

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	CONC-O-RDIAAVGG [CONCORDIA AVGG]; Concordia stg. l., turreted, r. holding head of Serapis, l. leaning on sceptre. Δ in right field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Type not attested in RIC. There is, however, a close resemblance between the examined coin and Alexandrian aureus of Severus II [ALEXANDRIA 61] with rev legend CONCORDIA AVG ET CAES (p. 671). General note from p. 653 reads as follows: "The only gold which can with certainty be attributed to this period is a unique aureus of Severus with Concordia Aug et Caes; the singular terminations must surely show Maximinus' readiness at Alexandria to publicize support for Severus in contrast to Galerius and Constantine. The coin is officina-marked, and continues on the standard of c. 5.3 gm." Here we have coin with rev. legend ended with ...AVGG which could suggest a conciliatory gesture to the second Augustus. Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 584, no. 68). Coin should be listed after ALEXANDRIA 61. See also: ALEXANDRIA [after 61], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIA AVGG], OFFICINA Γ ALEXANDRIA [after 61], MAXIMINVS, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIA AVGG]

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.35 g. Coin sold on Nomos auction 3 (lot 229) in May 2011 for CHF 7,500; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 131 (lot 133) in May 2022 for CHF 6,000. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica aution 51 (lot 416) in March 2009 for CHF 9,000; sold on Freeman & Sear Manhattan Sale III (lot 219) in January 2012 for USD 6,000; weight 3.20 g [click for picture].