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RIC VI, LONDINIUM 209b, MAXIMINUS, MINTMARK VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., head towered, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 209b except for missing star in r. field. Listed in Cloke-Toone as a minor variety together with LONDON 209b (7.05.011). Erroneously listed in RIC as LONDINIUM 105. Apparently an engraver's error or clogged die.

See also:
LONDINIUM 211, MAXIMINUS, MINTMARK VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 4.45 g; diameter 21.64-23.14 mm. From Cloke-Toone Supplement 1 (p. 13, no. 7.05.011 (2)).

Other specimens:

- from CGB E-shop (brm_466821), sold for EUR 100; now in Phil Edmonds' collection; weight 3.84 g; diameter 23.5-24.2 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski