6-2460

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 79], MAXIMINUS, MINTMARK VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIN-VSNOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICO-N-SCAES [IOVI CONS CAES]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys spread behind, r. holding thunderbolt, l. leaning on sceptre; to l., eagle. Cross in circle (theta?) in right field. Crescent SMA[reversed sigma] star in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ANTIOCHIA 68 except for mark in r. field. But cf. ANTIOCHIA 80 (BM 1864,1128.168, 5.31 g; cited in RIC) and ANTIOCHIA 102 (Wien RÖ 37131, 5.30 g, 19.9 mm; cited in RIC) with the same mark. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 143, no. 24/2). Should be listed in RIC after ANTIOCHIA 79.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.26 g. From Bank Leu auction 52 (lot 274), May 1991.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski