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RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 170b, MAXIMINUS, MINTMARK VARIETY [star in r. field]

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules (Farnese) stg. r., leaning on lion's skin on club. A in left field, star in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ANTIOCHIA 170b except for star in right field instead of in exergue. Note also that there is an error in RIC: officina mark is always in left field. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 644.

NOTES

Weight 4.20 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.5773).

Other specimens:

- sold on Nummitra auction 2 (lot 292) in June 2023 for EUR 11; now in Laurent Diot's collection; weight 4.40 g; diameter 21.5 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski