RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [ICIC]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IC-IC [ICIC]; Isis stg. l., in long robe, r. holding sistrum, l. leaning on sceptre.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Possibly minted after revolt of Domitius Domitianus and recapturing Alexandria as a small transitional issue with Latin obverse legend and Greek reverse legend. Note, however, that also nearly identical issue exists with both legends in Greek (known for Diocletian and Maximian Herculius: ΔΙOKΛΗTIANOC CЄB; and MAXIMIANOC CЄB). Weight close to Alexandrian tetradrachms minted before revolt and may be an equivalent of half-follis. Style is somehow similar to Siscian so one can speculate that the dies was made earlier in Siscia and brought to Alexandria during the Diocletian's siege. See also: Giovanni Maria Staffieri, "Testimonianze sulla fine della monetazione autonoma alessandrina (296-298 d.C)", [in:] XIII Congreso Internacional de Numismática, Madrid 2003: Actas - Proceedings - Actes, Madrid 2005, p. 941 and 946 fig. 9. See also: ALEXANDRIA, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [ICIC]

NOTES

Tetradrachm or half-follis. Weight 6.47 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Jacquier auction 45 (lot 1816) in September 2018 for EUR 2,200. Donated by Gunther Schodlok to the collection of the Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln.