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

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. B 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 A 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 1.55 g; diameter 16 mm. Sold on VCoins (Athena Numismatics) for USD 195. Other specimens: - from Elsen auction 121 (lot 326), June 2014; weight 1.67 g [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 177th Weekly Blue Auction (lot 651) in September 2023 for EUR 20; weight 1.50 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Nimrod Numismatik auction 5 (lot 730) in February 2024 for EUR 10; weight 1.35 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture]; - from allcoinage.com; weight 1.4 g [click for picture]; - from the collection of Maximinus; weight 1.06 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in January 2016 for USD 25; weight; weight 1.35 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture].