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

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. Є 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. Not listed in Gautier Argent (294-312). 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 B

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.17 g. Sold on VIA auction 4 (lot 212) in May 2024 for EUR 6,500.