6-2896

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 63b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTE ISSUE [VTILITAS PVBLICA]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIA-NVSCAESAR [MAXIMIANVS CAESAR]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

VTILITAS-PVBLICA [VTILITAS PVLICA]; Utilitas stg. l., with her hands in her drapery. Δ in left field. SMA in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested for Antiochia but cf. similar VTILITAS PVBLICA fractions minted in Ticinum (TICINUM 27a-28b), Roma (ROMA 48-49b and ROMA 62), Siscia (SISCIA 94) and, probably, in Cyzicus (note on p. 581). Note also m.m. SMA which was later used on Antiochian civic coinage. Should be listed in RIC as separate fraction issue after ANTIOCHIA 63b.

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 1.25 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4324) in December 2023 for CHF 460.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski