6-046

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 142, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

SOLEINVICTO [SOLE INVICTO]; Sol, rad. and in long robe, r. raised, l. holding globe stg. in quadriga galloping l. B in middle field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists for this type officinae A, Є, ς, H and I (p. 637). General note from p. 609: "A small and very rare issue which may be part of (i): it includes Sole (or Soli) Invicto in two varieties for Maximinus as Caesar (armoured bust) and Augustus, in a third (quadriga) variety for Licinius, and with anomalous form of legend for Galerius. Date, 310".

See also:
ANTIOCHIA 142, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ
ANTIOCHIA 142, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z

NOTES

Weight 6.55 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 117 (lot 1047) in June 2022 for EUR 400.

Other specimens:

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 233 (lot 2611) in October 2015 for EUR 180; weight 5.73 g [click for picture];

- sold on SPQR Collection auction 3 (lot 597) in October 2024 for EUR 65; weight 7.02 g; diameter 21.30 mm [click for picture];

- from Agora Auctions sale 100 (lot 178), May 2021; weight 6.58 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 23 (lot 3978) in August 2022 for CHF 240; weight 6.88 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 130 (lot 2349) in March 2004 for EUR 150; sold on Thesaurus "Idra" auction (lot 563) in December 2008 for EUR 240; weight 6.13 g [click for picture];

- sold on Hirsch auction 253 (lot 2771) in September 2007 for EUR 230 [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in August 2009 for USD 121 [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in November 2012 for USD 65.99; ex Rick Morton Collection [click for picture];

- from VCoins (Harlan J. Berk); weight 5.96 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski