RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [HEESCH after 4], GENIO ANTIOCHENI, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

OBVERSE	GENIO-ANTIOCHENI [GENIO ANTIOCHENI]; towered and draped bust of Antioch, r.
REVERSE	APOLLONI-SANCTO [APOLLONI SANCTO]; Apollo stg. l., patera in r. hand, lyre in l. Є in right field. SMA in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. 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. Specimen similar to type listed in Heesch as 4, but with different obv. legend: GENIO ANTIOCHENI instead of GENIO CIVITATIS.

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Fraction. Weight 1.63 g; diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 43 (lot 977) in April 2010 for EUR 240 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]. Other specimens: - from David Kalina's collection (allcoinage.com); weight 1.50 g; diameter 15-17 mm [click for picture].