6-1561

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [before 161], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO EXERCITVS]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

G[E]NIOEX-ERCIT[V]S [GENIO EXERCITVS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Crescent over altar in left field, star over I in right field. ANT in exergue [note that there is a misprint in RIC; crescent omitted in pattern on p. 638].

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ANTIOCHIA 147c except for star over officina letter. Similar m.m. (no altar in l. field) is attested for ANTIOCHIA 161. It could be an engraver's error or unlisted issue, which should be listed before ANTIOCHIA 161.

See also:
ANTIOCHIA [before 161], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED ISSUE [VENERI VICTRICI]

NOTES

Weight 5.35 g; diameter 21.5-23.5 mm. Coin sold on eBay in May 2016 for EUR 12.78. Now in Tomasz Speier's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski