RIC VI, SERDICA 40, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ [IRREGULAR COIN]

OBVERSE	GALVALMAXIMINVSNOBC [GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-L-IROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; 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, Γ in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists officinae A, B 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 [...]".

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Weight 6.5 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on eBay in August 2009 for USD 22.01; sold on eBay in September 2013 for USD 50; sold on VCoins (Victor's Imperial Coins) for USD 75. According to the last seller, this coin is a cast copy; probably an ancient counterfeit.