6-3090

RIC VI, LONDINIUM 130, MAXIMINUS, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMINVSPIAVG [IMP MAXIMINVS PI AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., head towered, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Star over T in left field, star over F in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 130 (Boursies Hoard, plate XII, no. 8; cited in RIC) except for PI in obv. legend instead of P F. May be regarded as an accidental sloppy engraving. However, PI could be also intentional. Cf. LONDINIUM [after 49], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not mentioned in Cloke-Toone.

NOTES

Weight 4.35 g; diameter 20.5 mm. Sold on CNG eAuction 580 (lot 652) in February 2025 for USD 550.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski