RIC VI, HERACLEA [after 77], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., chlamys hanging behind, r. holding Victory on globe, l. leaning on sceptre. B in right field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists similar issue with obv. legend IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG [HERACLEA 73-75]. But note also eastern type of Iupiter conservator with no eagle to l. and chlamys hanging behind (not hanging from l. shoulder), struck exclusively by Maximinus Daza (see: Bruun, P., "The Iupiter Conservator of the Emperor Maximinus", [in:] Florilegium Numismaticum. Studia honorem U. Westermark edita, Stockholm 1992). General note from p. 528: "This issue falls into two sections, before and after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea. In the first, Iovi Conservatori Augg continues for all three rulers - all with 'mature' legends: the coins are not uncommon [...] Date, 313". Although this type exists also for Licinius and Constantine, it probably belongs to the second section (after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea) which explains presence of Daza's Iupiter type on the reverse. Coin should be listed after HERACLEA 77. See also: HERACLEA [after 77], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA A HERACLEA [after 77], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA [after 77], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA Δ HERACLEA [after 77], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA Є HERACLEA [after 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA B HERACLEA [after 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA [after 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA Δ HERACLEA [after 77], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI], OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 5.18 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 10, part 2 (lot 1605) in December 2019 for CHF 240. Other specimens: - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 7, part 2 (lot 1380) in February 2019 for CHF 70; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 10, part 2 (lot 1606) in December 2019 for CHF 60; weight 5.11 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 77 (lot 1306) in November 2020 for GBP 85; weight 5.64 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 27th blue auction, day 2 (lot 1596) in December 2019 for EUR 30; weight 4.08 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - from Artemide Kunstauktionen - eLive Auction 4 (lot 493), September 2018; sold on Aphrodite Art Coins auction 8 (lot 573) in February 2023 for EUR 16; weight 5.65 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].