RIC VI, ROMA [before 5a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HER-CVLID-EBELLAT [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]; Hercules stg. l., fighting Hydra with club in r. hand. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Many types with m.m. PR are omitted in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. There is a very slight possibility that some of them were minted after Reform. Also, others were added here for comparison. Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: R-CVLID-E and D-E, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Also, two obv. legend breaks: A-N and I-A. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 83, no. 6/13; rev. legend break D-B). Coin could be listed in RIC before ROMA 5a.

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Lighter aureus. Weight 5.29 g; diameter 18 mm. Ex Leu Numismatik auction 65 (lot 480), May 1996; sold on Gemini auction III (lot 450) in January 2007 for USD 22,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 105 (lot 108) in May 2018 for CHF 34,000; sold on Roma Numismatics auction XX (lot 681) in October 2020 for GBP 25,000; sold on Numismatica Genevensis auction 13 (lot 90) in November 2021 for CHF 46,000. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1986,1225.1); weight 5.06 g; obv. legend break I-A [click for picture]; - from Leu Numismatik auction 93 (lot 121), May 2005; weight 5.29 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 135 (lot 377) in November 2022 for CHF 12,000; sold on CNG Triton XXVII (lot 870) in January 2024 for USD 11,000; weight 5.52 g; diameter 18 mm; obv. legend break I-A; rev. legend break D-E [click for picture].