6-2941

RIC VI, OSTIA [after 93], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VI-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol advancing l., chlamys flying, r. raised, l. holding up globe, trampling on fallen enemy. MOSTT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Constantine (p. 409) with slightly inaccurate description: chlamys hanging behind instead of chlamys flying. Listed in Bastien-Huvelin (p. 111, no. 1455; this coin). Should be listed in RIC after OSTIA 93.

NOTES

Weight 4.70 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1982,1034.148). Shown in Bastien-Huvelin (plate XXII, no. 1455). Obv. die link with OSTIA [after 81], MAXIMINVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski