6-1597

RIC VI, CYZICUS [after 81], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOVA-GVSTI CMH [GENIO VAGVSTI (sic!) CMH]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Dot in right field. MKVς in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this rare issue for Licinius and Constantine (p. 591). Note an engraver's error in rev. legend: VAGVSTI instead of AVGVSTI. Coin should be listed after CYZICUS 81.

NOTES

Weight 5.52 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on eBay in November 2016 for EUR 95.06. Now in Tomasz Speier's collection.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in October 2020 for EUR 16.50; weight 6.15 g; diameter 23.5 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski