RIC VI, ROMA 328b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

OBVERSE	IMPMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	SOLIINV-I-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., head l., chlamys over l. shoulder and flying out, r. raised, l. holding globe close to body. RQ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Q. RIC lists only officina T (p. 389). Listed in Bastien-Huvelin (p. 107, no. 1431). General note from p. 348-9: "[Also common] was Soli Invicto Comiti, in different versions, of which three are primary and often very common: produced from all four officinae [...] The whole issue, in which the four officinae seem to be fairly evenly used throughout, falls late in 312 and early 313". See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 388-390. See also: ROMA 328b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA P

NOTES

Weight 4.43 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on CGB auction in May 2008 for EUR 100. Other specimens: - from Bastien-Huvelin (plate XXI, no. 1431); weight 4.67 g [click for picture].