RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 70b, MAXIMINUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVTIE-XERCITVI [VIRTVTI EXERCITVI (sic!)]; Virtus [actually Mars] advancing r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. shield and trophy over shoulder. A in right field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	ENGRAVER'S ERROR. EXERCITVI instead of EXERCITVS (see example of normal NICOMEDIA 70b). General note from p. 551: "Iovi Conservatori and Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. [...] Date, c. 311". See also: NICOMEDIA 70a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A NICOMEDIA 70a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

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Weight 4.60 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on eBay in February 2008 for USD 94.56.