RIC VI, HERACLEA [after 8], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VICTORIAE-SARMATICAE [VICTORIAE SARMATICAE]; the four princes sacrificing over tripod before archway in six-turreted enclosure. HЄ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Earlier issue with HЄ in exergue has rev. legend nominatival, i.e. VICTORIA SARMATICS (HERACLEA 3). This coin belongs to the later separate emission with rev. legend datival. Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 501, no. 18). Should be listed in RIC after HERACLEA 8. See also: HERACLEA [after 8], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.24 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Astarte web auction 1 (lot 163) in July 2023 for CHF 240. Other specimens: - from Numismatik Lanz auction 149 (lot 523), June 2010; weight 3.11 g [click for picture].