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RIC VI, ROMA [after 94b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur., with drapery on l. shoulder.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. S* in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for this emission (p. 360-361). Specimen similar to ROMA 94b (BM 1907,1009.51, 9.41 g) except for bust with piece of drapery visible on l. shoulder. Coin should be listed after ROMA 94b.

See also:
ROMA [after 94a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 95a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 95a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 95b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

NOTES

Weight 10.19 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 92 (lot 855) in August 2020 for EUR 40.

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.2017); weight 8.04 g [click for picture];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.2856); weight 7.75 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture];

- from Lucernae Numismatics auction XXVI (lot 546), April 2025; weight 7.52 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture];

- from London Ancient Coins auction N (lot 155), June 2014; weight 11.07 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture];

- from London Ancient Coins auction L (lot 198), March 2014; weight 11.57 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski