RIC VI, HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

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. Γ (retrograde) in left field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. 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". Note reversed Γ on some specimens as on HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ. See also: HERACLEA [before 78], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є HERACLEA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A HERACLEA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є

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Weight 5.49 g; diameter 21.5 mm. Coin from CGB E-shop (brm_371255), sold for EUR 150. Other specimens: - from CNG Coin Shop (no. 819837), sold for USD 195; weight 5.10 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Bertolami Fine Art E-Auction 310 (lot 585) in September 2024 for EUR 55; weight 4.35 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Gemini VII auction (lot 842) in January 2011 for USD 1,300; weight 5.66 g [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in December 2005 for USD 88.66 [click for picture].