6-2554

RIC VI, CARTHAGO 26b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA A, HYBRID

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

FELIXA-D-VE[NTAVGG]NN [FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN]; Africa stg. facing, head l., in long drapery with elephant-skin head-dress, r. holding standard, l. tusk; at feet to l., lion with captured bull. I in left field. PKA in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - A, HYBRID. RIC lists for Galerius officina Δ (p. 426). If we assume that officina A was assigned exclusively for Diocletian, this specimen could be regarded as a hybrid: obverse CARTHAGO 26b with Diocletian's reverse CARTHAGO 25a.

NOTES

Weight 11.57 g; diameter 27-29 mm. From Leszek Wąsik's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski