RIC VI, OSTIA [after 78], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

OBVERSE	IMPMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	GENIOP-OPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. r., looking l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera and sacrificing over tripod altar, l. cornucopiae. MOSTT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE. RIC lists only issue with Genius stg. l. [OSTIA 73-78] and without tripod altar to l. (p. 408). However, Sutherland mentions in footnote 3 on p. 408 that "Maur. [Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne] i, p. 284 (type II) cites from Voett. a doubtful coin with tripod in field to l.". Coin should be listed after OSTIA 78. See also: OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA S OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA T OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA Q OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE C OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE D OSTIA [after 78], LICINIUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

NOTES

Weight 3.84 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 461 (lot 497) in February 2020 for USD 130. Ex Phil Peck collection. Now in the private collection of Giulio B. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1977,1005.163); weight [click for picture].