RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 127a], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	MAXIMI-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, holding volumen with both hands.
REVERSE	CONSVLPP-PROCONSVL [CONSVL P P PROCONSVL]; Emperor laur., togate, stg. facing, head l., r. holding out globe, l. holding short baton at side. Crescent SMA [reversed sigma] star in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for this issue (p. 634-635). Cf. also NICOMEDIA 62. General note from p. 608: "Consular types, with continued mark crescent SMA [reversed sigma] star, were struck for Galerius (cos. VIII = 311) and probably for Maximinus (cos. = presumably 311, his first consulship as Emperor, distinct from that of 307) and Constantine (cos., recalling his recent consulship, though as Caesar, of 309): the two latter emissions appear to be more appropriate in this Group than in the next, where change occurs in the mint-mark. Weight is around 5-3 gm". Listed in Depeyrot (p. 143, no. 26/2). Coin should be listed after ANTIOCHIA 127a or as unlisted issue in the next Group, after ANTIOCHIA 158.

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Aureus. Weight 5.31 g. Coin sold on Bank Leu auction 18 (lot 390) in May 1977 for CHF 80,000; sold on Leu Numismatik auction 87 (lot 111) in May 2003 for CHF 37,000; sold on Helios Numismatik auction 1 (lot 586) in April 2008 for EUR 25,500; sold on Hess Divo auction 315 (lot 218) in October 2009 for CHF 39,000. Other specimens: - ex Numismatic Fine Arts auction 22 (lot 125), June 1989; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 51 (lot 421) in March 2009 for CHF 30,000; weight 5.33 g [click for picture]; - sold on Bank Leu auction 25 (lot 428) in April 1980 for CHF 60,000; weight 5.30 g [click for picture].