RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 145b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z

OBVERSE	MAXIMINVS-NOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; bust l., helm. (crest ending in eagle), cuir., spear over r. shoulder, decorated shield on l. arm.
REVERSE	SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, rad. and in long robe, stg. facing, head l., r. raised, l. holding up globe, in facing quadriga; two horses turn l., and two r. Z in middle field. ANT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Z. RIC lists only officina A (p. 638). 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 CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 638. See also: ANTIOCHIA 145b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B ANTIOCHIA 145b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ ANTIOCHIA 145b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ς

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Weight 7.19 g; diameter 25 mm. Sold on CNG eAuction 400 (lot 688) in June 2017 for USD 320. Other specimens: - offered on Gorny & Mosch auction 200 (lot 2829) in October 2011 for EUR 200; weight 5.72 g [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 294 (lot 790) in January 2013 for USD 475; weight 6.88 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - sold on VAuctions auction 223 (lot 123) in March 2009 for USD 317; weight 5.31 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture].