6-2380

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 72b, MAXIMINUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOA-VGVSTO [GENIO AVGVSTO (sic!)]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; to l. eagle. Δ in right field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 72b except for AVGVSTO in reverse legend instead of AVGVSTI. Apparently an engraver's error.

NOTES

Weight 4.84 g; diameter 21 mm. Sold on Biga Numismatics Online Auction 7 (lot 754) in December 2021 for EUR 18.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski