6-806

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 19, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIA-NVSAVGVSTVS [MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

CONSVLVI-PPPROCOS [CONSVL VI P P PROCOS]; Emperor, laur., togate, stg. facing, head l., r. holding out globe, l. holding short baton at side. Star in left field. SMA[retrograde sigma]* in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. RIC erroneously gives m.m. as *SMA[retrograde sigma]*. Actually, the first star is in l. field. Listed (corrected) in Depeyrot (p. 141, no. 16/2).

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.30 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 31 (lot 129) in October 2005 for CHF 5,250; sold on UBS Gold & Numismatics auction 73 (lot 395) in September 2007 for CHF 10,000.

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. BNK,R.65); weight 4.86 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski