RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Z

OBVERSE	MAXIMINVS-NOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; bust l., helm. (crest ending in eagle), cuir., spear over r. shoulder, decorated shield on l. arm.
REVERSE	SOLIIN-VICTAE [SOLI INVICTAE (sic!)]; Sol, rad. and in long robe, stg. facing, head l., r. raised, l. holding up globe, in facing quadriga; two horses turn l., and two r. Z in middle field. ANT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Galerius Maximian (p. 638). General note from p. 609: "A small and very rare issue which may be part of (i): it includes Sole (or Soli) Invicto in two varieties for Maximinus as Caesar (armoured bust) and Augustus, in a third (quadriga) variety for Licinius, and with anomalous form of legend for Galerius. Date, 310". Note also that description in RIC could be misleading; see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 638. Coin should be listed after ANTIOCHIA 144. See also: ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ς ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA I

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Weight 7.78 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction XIII (lot 915) in March 2017 for GBP 500. Other specimens: - from Maurice (iii, p. 162-163; plate VI, no. 14); weight 6.80 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - sold on CNG Triton X (lot 772) in January 2007 for USD 1,600; weight 6.37 g [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 398 (lot 588) in May 2017 for USD 300; weight 8.40 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 15 (lot 2118) in February 2021 for CHF 261; weight 7.11 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 92 (lot 1043) in December 2021 for GBP 220; weight 6.27 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Thesaurus "Cassiopea" auction (lot 587) in November 2018 for EUR 260 [click for picture]; - from eBay, April 2015; weight 4.20 g; diameter 24.5 mm [click for picture].