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RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 142, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

  

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. Δ in middle field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Δ. 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 B
ANTIOCHIA 142, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z

NOTES

Weight 5.75 g; diameter 21 mm. From Emporium Hamburg Alpha Auction No. 1 (lot 474), December 2018; sold on eBay in January 2019 for EUR 145.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in September 2002 for USD 216 [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in December 2008 for USD 318 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski