6-2278

RIC VI, ROMA, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [MONETA IOVI ET HERCVLI AVGG]

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

MONETA-IOVIETHERCVLI-AVGG [MONETA IOVI ET HERCVLI AVGG]; Moneta stg facing, looking l., r. holding balance, l. cornucopiae; at left, Jupiter stg. l., looking r., r. holding sceptre; at right, Hercules stg. r., looking l., r. leaning on club, lion’s skin over left shoulder.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Æ medallion not listed in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. Probably belongs to the pre-reform coinage. Listed in Gnecchi II (p. 129, no. 20).

NOTES

Æ medallion. Weight 20.37 g; diameter 30.8 mm. From the Bibliothèque nationale de France (IFN-11353250).

Other specimens:

- from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (IFN-11353249); weight 27.26 g; diameter 33.8 mm [click for picture].

- from Gnecchi II (plate 127, no. 7); weight 23.040 g; diameter 32 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski