RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 62, MAXIMINUS, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	MAXIMI-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, holding volumen with both hands.
REVERSE	CONSVLPP-PROCONSVL [CONSVL P P PROCONSVL]; Emperor, laur. and togate, stg. facing, head l., r. holding out globe, l. short baton downwards. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. RIC describes bust as "in imperial mantle, r. hand extended". See also footnote 4 on p. 563: "The form of the obv. bust appears to have caused doubt: Jameson 475 describes it as holding volumen with both hands, but the same coin illustrated as Schulman, 5 March 1923, lot 2603 (Vierordt), although there catalogued as holding sceptre, is clearly as described above." Apparrently Jameson was right (see Collection R. Jameson. Monnaies grecques antiques et Imperiales Romaines, Paris 1924, vol. 3, p. 173, no. 475: "tenant des deux mains un volumen"). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 122, no. 14/1) with very vague description: "Lauré, trabea, main dressée".

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.28 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. R.242). Other specimens: - sold on Aureo & Calicó auction 436 (lot 134) in September 2024 for EUR 2,000; weight 5.08 g [click for picture].