RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [HEESCH 3b], GENIO ANTIOCHENI, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	GENIOAN-TIOCHENI [GENIO ANTIOCHENI]; Antioch seated facing on rock; below, Orontes swimming.
REVERSE	APOLLONI-SANCTO [APOLLONI SANCTO]; Apollo stg. l., patera in r. hand, lyre in l. B in right field. AMS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. 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. 3b), but only officina Є is attested (CNG eAuction 581, lot 705, 1.26 g, 16 mm).

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Fraction. Weight 1.51 g; diameter 15 mm. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 243 (lot 470) in October 2010 for USD 460. Other specimens: - sold on Savoca Numismatik auction 299 (lot 484) in December 2025 for EUR 11; weight 2.24 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture].