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

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. Δ 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 B ANTIOCHIA [HEESCH 3a], GENIO ANTIOCHENI, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR, OFFICINA H

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Fraction. Weight 1.34 g; diameter 14 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2017 for EUR 35.50. Now in the Zenon M. Collection. Other specimens: - from Numismatik Naumann auction 67 (lot 632), July 2018; weight 1.59 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik online auction 212 (lot 485) in May 2024 for EUR 7; weight 1.29 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik online auction 215 (lot 431) in June 2024 for EUR 7; weight 1.43 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Lucernae Numismatics DECIMOSEPTIMA XVII (lot 720) sold in Decemeber 2023 for EUR 20; weight 1.33 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Aphrodite Art Coins auction 16 (lot 637) in November 2023 for EUR 6; weight 1.00 g; diameter 16.4 mm [click for picture].