RIC VI, HERACLEA [after 46], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO IMPERATORIS]

OBVERSE	GALVALMAXIMINVSNOBCAES [GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOIMP-E-RATORIS [GENIO IMPERATORIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder (the chlamys falls low), r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Star in left field. HTB in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists only one type with this mintmark pattern for Maximinus as Caesar: Genio Caesaris (HERACLEA 46; BM B.4184, 6.82 g; this specimen cited in RIC) (p. 536). The previous emission of Virtuti Exerciti (HERACLEA 44a-45) has no star in left field. The emission of Genio Imperatoris with star in right field, is attested only for Maximinus as Augustus (HERACLEA 49a; BM B.4192, 6.75 g; this specimen cited in RIC). Coin may be regarded as a hybrid, like HERACLEA 47 (BM B.4185, 6.88 g; this specimen cited in RIC) (cf. footnote 3 on p. 537: "Presumably a hybrid, with reverse continued inappropriately after Maximinus' promotion". However, in this case with obverse continued inappropriately. Should be listed after HERACLEA 46. See also: HERACLEA [after 46], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVTI EXERCITI]

NOTES

Weight 7.24 g; diameter 24-25 mm. From six2ten collection.