6-2069

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 106b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAVRVALMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOIMP-ERATORIS [GENIO IMPERATORIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Crescent in left field, Є in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Galerius Maximian and Licinius. But cf. footnote 5 on p. 631: "Herculius is given an example of off. Є by G. 28, not yet verified" [Gerin Catalogue, p. 37, listed with ANT• in m.m.]. Cf. also ANTIOCHIA 112c with different m.m. Coin should be listed after ANTIOCHIA 106b.

NOTES

Weight 7.60 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on eBay in December 2021 for USD 460 [Thanks to the collaboration of Leszek Wąsik].

Other specimens:

- from CNG auction 47 (lot 1982), September 1998; weight 6.34 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski