RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [HEESCH 3a], GENIO ANTIOCHENI, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR, OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	GENIOAN-TIOCHENI [GENIO ANTIOCHENI]; Antioch seated facing on rock; below, Orontes swimming.
REVERSE	APOLLONI-SANSTO [APOLLONI SANSTO (sic!)]; Apollo stg. l., patera in r. hand, lyre in l. A in right field. SMA in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. The civic coinage minted under Maximinus II in 312 is completely absent from RIC VI. Already known to Cohen (cf. Cohen, vol. VIII, pp. 43-44, no. 1-5), but then it was thought to be minted under Julian II. Two issues listed in Voetter as "kleine Scheidemünzen" minted under Licinius after the death of Maximinus II (p. 46, no. 30-31; note incorrect weight given: 3.5 g instead 1.5 g, probably misprint). Catalogued in Vagi as the pagan coinage of the Great Persecution (pp. 516-517). However, the basic reference is still: Johan van Heesch, "The Last Civic Coinages and the Religious Policy of Maximinus Daza (AD 312)", Numismatic Chronicle 1993, pp. 65-75. Because of its availability, the present supplement lists only varieties omitted in Heesch. Type listed in Heesch (p. 66, no. 3a) except for SANSTO in rev legend instead of SANCTO. Apparently an engraver's error. See also: ANTIOCHIA [HEESCH 3a], GENIO ANTIOCHENI, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR, OFFICINA B ANTIOCHIA [HEESCH 3a], GENIO ANTIOCHENI, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR, OFFICINA Δ ANTIOCHIA [HEESCH 3a], GENIO ANTIOCHENI, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR, OFFICINA H

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Fraction. Weight 1.86 g; diameter 16 mm. Sold on VCoins (Athena Numismatics) for USD 125. Other specimens: - ex Roma Numismatics eSale 4 (lot 921), Decemeber 2013; sold on Rauch 15th live e-Auction (lot 356) in June 2014 for EUR 70; weight 1.42 g; diameter 15 mm; off. letter uncertain (could be H); given after seller [click for picture].