RIC VI, SERDICA 1b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; Three-turreted campgate, open, without doors. •SM•SDA• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists officinae B, Γ and Є (p. 491). General note from p. 486: "Struck from five officinae (though not all of these are now well evidenced) and at a weight of c. 3.3 gm., this was in the names of all four rulers: the reverse type was the late three-turreted camp-gate (open and without doors) which had already appeared at Thessalonica, with legend Virtus Militum. The coins are now of considerable rarity". Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 450, no. 5). See also: SERDICA 1b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

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Argenteus. Weight 3.39 g; diameter 20 mm. Sold on CNG auction 85 (lot 1173) in September 2010 for USD 2,100. Other specimens: - sold on Leu Numismatik auction 11 (lot 288) in May 2022 for CHF 1,200; weight 3.35 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 261 (lot 854) in March 2019 for EUR 600; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 265 (lot 1515) in October 2019 for EUR 550; weight 3.18 g [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch auction 99 (lot 281) in December 2015 for EUR 1,700; weight 3.38 g [click for picture]; - sold on Leu Numismatik auction 10 (lot 2363) in October 2021 for CHF 1,600; sold on Leu Numismatik auction 12 – Lang Collection (lot 1501) in May 2022 for CHF 1,100; weight 3.43 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - ex Nomos auction 3 (lot 226), May 2011 (attributed to Galerius Maximian, SERDICA 11b); sold on CNG auction 93 (lot 1253) in May 2013 for USD 1,100 (again attributed to Galerius Maximian); sold on CNG eAuction 373 (lot 439) in April 2016 for USD 525 (again attributed to Galerius Maximian); sold on Heritage Auctions sale no. 3072 (lot 35495) in January 2019 for USD 780 (again attributed to Galerius Maximian); weight 3.22 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Nomos auction 3 (lot 220) in May 2011 for CHF 1,900; weight 3.33 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Genevensis auction 7 (lot 404) in November 2012 for CHF 1,800; weight 3.01 g [click for picture]; - from Roma Numismatics auction V (lot 879), March 2013 (attributed to Galerius Maximian, SERDICA 11b); sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 215 (lot 1093) in October 2013 for EUR 900; weight 3.38 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].