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RIC VI, SERDICA 37, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

GALVALMAXIMINVSNOBC [GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOCA-ESARIS [GENIO CAESARIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Star in left field, B in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists officinae A, Γ and Δ (p. 500).

General note from p. 490: "The coins as a whole are scarce [...] All four officinae worked impartially for all three persons [Galerius Maximian, Maximinus, Galeria Valeria]. The weight suggests a date late in 307 or in 308 [...]".

NOTES

Weight 7.42 g; diameter 26 mm. Coin sold on Savoca Numismatik 9th blue auction (lot 1830) in August 2018 for EUR 20.

Other specimens:

- from Wildwinds [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in July 2006 for EUR 10.67; diameter 26 mm [click for picture];

- sold on FORVM ANCIENT COINS; weight 5.53 g; diameter 27.4 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in March 2005 for USD 28.17; weight 5.75 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski