6-1243

RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 9b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

   

OBVERSE

MAXIMIA-NVSCAE [MAXIMIANVS CAE (sic!)]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-MILITAM [VIRTVS MILITAM (sic!)]; three-turreted camp-gate, open; no doors. B in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue with small camp-gate and smaller portrait-head, only for Diocletian and Maximian Herculius. Note also errors in legends: CAE instead of CAES and MILITAM instead of MILITVM. Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 582, no. 57). Should be listed in RIC after ALEXANDRIA 9b.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA [after 9b], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
ALEXANDRIA [after 9b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.33 g; diameter 20 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18234367).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski