RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 4], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	MAXIMIANVS-AVGVSTVS [MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	CONSVL-IIII-PPPROCOS [CONSVL IIII P P PROCOS]; Emperor, laur., togate, stg. facing, head l., r. holding out globe. SMA[retrograde sigma]star in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to ANTIOCHIA 4 (BM 1964,1203.145, 5.32 g) except for absence of baton on rev., like on rev. of ANTIOCHIA 3 (BM R.126, 5.27 g), which has a different m.m. without star. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 613-614. Note that RIC lists for ANTIOCHIA 4 only rev. legend break I-P. The different rev. legend breaks also could make a separate entry in RIC. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 139, no. 9/2). But note that description of rev. is unclear. Specimen from Glendining auction (November 1925, lot 170) cited as no. 9/3 with description "sceptre vertical" has baton on rev., so "sceptre horizontal" in Depeyrot probably means the same as "no baton" in RIC. Coin could be listed in RIC after ANTIOCHIA 4.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.34 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 107 (lot 566) in April 2001 for DEM 6,800; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 99 (lot 42) in May 2017 for CHF 12,000. Other specimens: - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 138 (lot 2392) in March 2005 for EUR 1,900; sold on Peus auction 423 (lot 419) in November 2018 for EUR 2,000; sold on Peus auction 426 (lot 315) in June 2020 for EUR 3,000; weight 5.29 g [click for picture].