RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 14, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSAVGVSTVS [MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	XX/MAXI/MAIN/IAVG/SMN [XX MAXIMAINI (sic!) AVG]; in five lines in laur. wreath.
NOT IN RIC	ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 14 except for MAXIMAINI in rev. legend instead of MAXIMIANI. Variety not mentioned in Depeyrot. Apparently an engraver's error.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.28 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex Tkalec Auction February 2002 (lot 241); ex Helios Numismatik auction 1 (lot 560), April 2008; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 59 (lot 1155) in April 2011 for CHF 20,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 146 (lot 2390) in May 2024 for CHF 12,000.