6-718

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [before 120], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVIO PROPAGAT ORBIS TERRARVM]

   

OBVERSE

MAXIMINVS-NOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., half-length, in imperial mantle, r. raised.

REVERSE

IOVIOPROPAGAT-ORBISTERRARVM [IOVIO PROPAGAT ORBIS TERRARVM]; Maximinus, togate, stg. r., r. holding Victory. ς (retrograde) in left field, altar in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Similar to ANTIOCHIA 134 (which also has retrograde ς as officina letter) except for the m.m. appropriate for Group IV, i.e. without star over altar. But note that star could be obliterated and it is actually ANTIOCHIA 134. Coin should be listed before ANTIOCHIA 120.

NOTES

Weight 6.57 g. Coin sold on CNG Triton XIII (lot 378) in January 2009 for USD 2,200. Now in the Robert Bernobich Collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski