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RIC VI, ROMA [after 175], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

   

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVS-SENPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS SEN P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

CONCORDMILITFELICROMANOR [CONCORD MILIT FELIC ROMANOR]; Concordia stg. r., veiled, l. leaning on sceptre, extending r. to Hercules stg. l., leaning on club. PR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested for this issue. Cf. obv. legend 7a on p. 368.

Listed in Drost (p. 298, no. 13) as corrected ROMA 175 but note that type with obv. legend 2b (IMP MAXIMINAVS P F AVG) also exists and is listed in Drost (p. 300, no. 29). See cited in RIC example of ROMA 175 from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 70755, 5.02 g, 19 mm; ex Trau 3374). Coin should be listed in RIC after ROMA 175.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.37 g. Numismatica Ars Classica auction 49 (lot 434), October 2008; sold on Künker auction 318 (lot 1816) in March 2019 for EUR 15,000. Shown in Drost (plate 18, no. 13b/1).

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. R1874,0715.118); weight 5.24 g; obv. legend break V-S; shown in Drost (plate 18, no. 13a/1) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski