6-1415

RIC VI, ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAVRVALMAXIMIANVSPAVG [IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir., dr.

REVERSE

VIRT-VSAVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; Hercules stg. r., seizing by antlers the Ceryneian hind, club and lion's skin to l. 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. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 80, no. 4A/4). Coin could be listed after ROMA 8b.

See also:
ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] (half-aureus)

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.35 g. Coin sold on Maison Palombo auction 13 (lot 113) in December 2014 for CHF 32,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 117 (lot 348) in October 2019 for CHF 22,000.

Other specimens:

- from Firenze XIII (p. 72, no. 55/bis); weight 4.98 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- from Leu Numismatik auction 65 (lot 478), May 1996; weight 6.01 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski