RIC VI, SERDICA [before 11a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVID DEORVM QVIES AVGG], OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	DNMAXIMI-ANOBSAVG [D N MAXIMIANO BS AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding olive branch, l. mappa.
REVERSE	PROVID•DEORVMQVIESAVGG [PROVID • DEORVM QVIES AVGG]; Providentia stg. r., extending r. hand to Quies stg. l., r. holding up branch, l. leaning on sceptre. S in left field, F in right field. B in middle field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists only similar issue in gold: SERDICA 10a (Wien RÖ 42385, 4.71 g, 19 mm; note "FS" in obv. legend) and SERDICA 10b (Maurice, ii, p. 372 and plate 11, no. 8, 5.20 g, 19 mm; cited in RIC) with slightly different mintmark. Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 454, no. 27-28; different rev: branch down or up). Should be listed in RIC before SERDICA 11a. See also: SERDICA [before 11a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVID DEORVM QVIES AVGG], OFFICINA A SERDICA [before 11a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVID DEORVM QVIES AVGG], OFFICINA Δ SERDICA [before 11a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVID DEORVM QVIES AVGG], OFFICINA A SERDICA [before 11a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVID DEORVM QVIES AVGG], OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.42 g. No. 28 in Gautier Argent (294-312); this coin. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 46 (lot 691) in April 2008 for CHF 6,800; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 180 (lot 431) in October 2009 for EUR 8,500; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 215 (lot 449) in October 2013 for EUR 6,500. Other specimens: - from Helios Numismatik auction 2 (lot 441), November 2008; weight 3.33 g; on rev. branch lowered; no. 27 in Gautier Argent (294-312); this coin [click for picture].