RIC VI, HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. facing, head l., l. leaning on lion's skin on club. B in left field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists for this type only officina Δ [rarity R2] (p. 542). General note from p. 528: "This issue falls into two sections, before and after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea. [...] In the second, Maximinus is seen to have introduced his own range of types, from which both Licinius and Constantine are excluded: Genio Augusti (scarce), Herculi Victori and Soli Invicto (both rare). Date, 313". See also: HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

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Weight 4.57 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 34 (lot 888) in April 2008 for EUR 590. Other specimens: - from CNG Coin Shop (no. 251201), sold for USD 225; sold in CNG eAuction 234 (lot 474) June 2010 for USD 225; weight 5.48 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Nomos obolos 4 (lot 833) in February 2016 for CHF 100; weight 5.05 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2018 for EUR 102; weight 4.65 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - from VCoins (Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals), March 2014; weight 5.55 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 115th blue auction (lot 1433) in October 2021 for EUR 17; weight 5.42 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in January 2010 for USD 27; weight 5.90 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].