RIC VI, HERACLEA [after 7], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VICTORIA-SARMATICA [VICTORIA SARMATICA]; the four princes sacrificing over tripod before archway in six- (or seven-) turreted enclosure. HB in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. RIC lists this type with rev. legend break S-A (cf. HERACLEA 7). Note that different rev. legend break could make in RIC a separate entry (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed separately in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 498, no. 11). Should be listed in RIC after HERACLEA 7.

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.50 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 31 (lot 1368) in September 2024 for CHF 400. Other specimens: - from Numismatik Lanz auction 160 (lot 521), June 2015; weight 2.38 g [click for picture].