RIC VI, HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, radiate, stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. B in left field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists for this type only officina A and 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 78], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є HERACLEA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A HERACLEA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 4.14 g; diameter 20,20-20,35 mm. From author's collection. Other specimens: - from CNG Coin Shop (no. 822626), sold for USD 295; sold on Pecunem (Gitbud & Naumann) 15 (lot 740) in April 2014 for EUR 40; weight 5.01 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - sold on BAC Numismatics auction 46 (lot 145) in March 2023 for EUR 60; weight 5.06 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - sold on The New York Sale XIV (lot 438) in January 2007 for USD 220; weight 8.07 g (sic!); diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1950,1006.1304); weight 5.22 g [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2018 for EUR 34.08; weight 4.58 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - from eBay, January 2021; weight 4.56 g; diameter 21-22 mm [click for picture].