RIC VI, SISCIA [before 136b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [FORGERY]

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	SACRAMONETAVGGETCAESSNOSTR [SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR]; Moneta stg. l., r. holding scales, l. cornucopiae. Star in left field, A in right field. *SIS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested for Maximian Herculius' coins from Siscia. The portrait appears to be of Galerius. Also, the style is rather Heraclean, not Siscian. In fact this coin is a popular modern forgery. Apparently forger paired by mistake obverse similar to HERACLEA 37a with reverse similar to SISCIA 136b. See also forgery of HERACLEA 37a with obverse from the same die (Savoca Numismatik 226, lot 618, 7.99 g, 26 mm).

NOTES

Weight 8.14 g; diameter 26 mm. Sold on Savoca Numismatik auction 224 (lot 555) in July 2024 for EUR 6. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in July 2024 for EUR 78; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in November 2024 for EUR 26.10; diameter 26 mm [click for picture] together with another example of forgery of HERACLEA 37a (27 mm).