RIC VI, LONDINIUM [before 6a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. This type belongs to a rare early emission of the reformed London mint. Could be easy confused with unmarked emission from continental mints prepared for Constantius' invasion of Britain and listed in RIC among LUGDUNUM 14a-21. So keep in mind that some of the specimens below may be regarded as LUGDUNUM 14b. Listed in Cloke-Toone (1.02.002). Should be listed in RIC before LONDINIUM 6a. See also: LONDINIUM [before 6a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE LONDINIUM [before 6a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE LONDINIUM [before 6a], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE

NOTES

Weight 8.90 g; diameter 26 mm. Coin sold on Leu web auction 24 (lot 3198) in December 2022 for CHF 170. Other specimens: - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2541) in March 2023 for CHF 25; weight 9.97 g; Diameter 30 mm [click for picture]; - from Magny-Cours Hoard (1, no. 7); weight 11.75 g; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture]; - from Magny-Cours Hoard (2, no. 467); weight 9.65 g [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.6); Rauceby hoard; weight 11.08 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture]; - from: Lord Stewartby, "Early Tetrarchic Coins of London from the Market Stainton Finds", Numismatic Chronicle 1998, p. 101, no. 10 and plate 27, no. 10 [click for picture]; - sold on CGB Monnaies 34 (lot 847) in April 2008 for EUR 171; weight 12.90 g; diameter 31 mm [click for picture]; - from Roma Numismatics eSale 108 (lot 1132), April 2023; weight 9.32 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture]; - from Bridgend Hoard (p. 188, 210 and plate 31, no. 3); plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 12.88 g; diameter 27.1-28.3 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture].