RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [before 27a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN]

OBVERSE	IMPCMAMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOAVGGET-CAESARVMNN [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists this type only for Cyzicus [CYZICUS 7a-b; 9a-b; 11a-b; 20a-b; 24a-b; 26a-b; 30a-b]; minted between 294 and 307. Coin should be listed before NICOMEDIA 27a. See also: NICOMEDIA [before 27a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN] NICOMEDIA [before 27a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN] NICOMEDIA [before 27a], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN]

NOTES

Weight 9.40 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 76 (lot 515) in April 2019 for EUR 450. Other specimens: - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 12 (lot 1324) in May 2020 for CHF 300; weight 9.40 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture]; - from Spätantike zwischen Heidentum und Christentum, München 1990, pp. 14, 32, no. M23; weight 9.68 g [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]; - from Hess 1935, Sammlung Franz Trau, lot 3440; weight 9.68 g [click for picture].