6-1357

RIC VI, SISCIA [after 234c], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Є

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle.

REVERSE

IOVICONS-ERVATORIAVGGNN [IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., chlamys hanging from l. shoulder, r. holding Victory, l. leaning on sceptre; eagle at feet to l. Є in right field. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Bust in imperial mantle is not attested for this issue. A mantle could be sometimes confused with ornamented cuirass but note absence of pteruges (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134). See for comparison: SISCIA 233b, off. B, SISCIA 233b, off. Γ and SISCIA 233b, off. Δ. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 234c.

See also:
SISCIA [after 234c], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA B
SISCIA [after 234c], LICINIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
SISCIA [after 234c], LICINIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
SISCIA [after 234c], LICINIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
SISCIA [after 234c], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
SISCIA [after 234c], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

NOTES

From Patrick Bruun, "The bellum Cibalense of AD 316", [in:] Essays in Honour of Robert Carson and Kenneth Jenkins, Spink, London 1993, plate XLIII, no. 25.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski