6-2504

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 9], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, MINTMARK VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIA-NVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICON-SCAES [IOVI CONS CAES]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys spread behind, r. holding thunderbolt, l. leaning on sceptre; eagle at feet to l. •SMA [reversed sigma] in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ANTIOCHIA 9 except for dot in m.m. Mentioned in RIC as a minor variety in footnote 6 on p. 613. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 140, no. 11/2) as a separate issue with specimen minted for Constantius with the same m.m. (see ANTIOCHIA [after 7], CONSTANTIUS, MINTMARK VARIETY). Note also that specimen from Canessa sale shown here is eroneously cited in RIC as ANTIOCHIA 15 (see ANTIOCHIA 15, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, [CORRECTION]). Coin should be listed in RIC after ANTIOCHIA 9.

See also:
ANTIOCHIA [after 7], CONSTANTIUS, MINTMARK VARIETY

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.34 g; diameter 18 mm. Ex Canessa auction (lot 532), June 1923; sold on NAC auction 24 (lot 255) in December 2002 for CHF 6,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski