6-2533

RIC VI, ROME, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)

  

OBVERSE

DNMAXIMIANOFELICISSIMOSENAVG [D N MAXIMIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding olive branch, l. mappa.

REVERSE

VOTAPVBLI-CA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Serapis and Isis on galley sailing r.; Serapis std. r. on the stern, wearing a modius and holding the bottom of the mainsail in his l. hand; on the r., Isis stg. r. on the prow, head turned back l. towards Serapis, wearing a basileion and holding the foremast sail in both hands.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins (tokens), first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s.

NOTES

Weight 8.86 g; diameter 27 mm. From "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean". Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E6.1.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski