RIC VI, SISCIA [after 73], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS MILITVM]
OBVERSE
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MAXIMIA-NVSNOBC [MAXIMIANVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; four-turreted camp-gate, open, with doors thrown back. SIS in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC with m.m. SIS but cf. SISCIA 71b with m.m. *SIS (p. 462). Coin should be listed after SISCIA 73.
Note that also modern (and rather poor) forgery of this type exists. See example from eBay (2.4 g, 21 mm; offered as "nice reproduction coin").
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NOTES
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Argenteus. Weight 2.78 g. Coin sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 158 (lot 659) in June 2014 for EUR 1,900.
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