6-2733

RIC VI, ROMA [after 344], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E]

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VI-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol advancing r., head l., chlamys over l. shoulder and flying out on both sides, r. raised, l. holding up globe; l. foot on captive. RS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. Not attested for ov. legend 2a (p. 390). RIC lists for Maximinus similar rev. with bust type C ("laur., dr., seen from rear"; cf. ROMA 344), but eroneously describes Sol's chlamys as "hanging behind". See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, BUST TYPES SEEN FROM REAR. Coin should be listed after ROMA 344.

NOTES

Weight 3.20 g; diameter 21.5 mm. From Constantine Venetis' collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski