RIC VI, SERDICA 45, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	GALVALMAXIMINVSNOBC [GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVTI-EXERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Virtus [actually Mars] advancing r., holding transverse spear, trophy over l. shoulder. Star in left field, Γ in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists officinae 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 [...]". See also: SERDICA 45, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

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Weight 4.90 g; diameter 25 mm. From Mariusz Graczyk's collection. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in January 2021 for EUR 25.32; now in Laurent Diot's collection; weight 6.16 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - from Wildwinds; contributed by Dane [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in July 2014 for EUR 13.10 [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk].