6-1899

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 23, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIAN-VSCAESAR [MAXIMIANVS CAESAR]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVTI-MILITVM [VIRTVTI MILITVM]; four-turreted camp-gate, open, with doors thrown back, small masonry, no eagles on turrets. SMNΓ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 23 but there are no eagles on turrets. Possibly an engraver's error.

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.31 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction XV (lot 639) in April 2018 for GBP 460.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski