RIC VI, SISCIA [after 94], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [ORIENS AVGG], LAUREATE

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSNOBC [MAXIMIANVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	ORIEN-SAVGG [ORIENS AVGG]; Sol stg. l., chlamys over l. shoulder, r. hand raised, l. holding whip. No m.m.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested for Siscia but cf. similar rev. on aureus SISCIA 28b. Not listed in King. Listed in Zschucke BTP (p. 50, no. 2.9) as a fraction from Trier minted in 297. Probably should be listed among other fractions after SISCIA 94. See also: SISCIA [after 94], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [ORIENS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [ORIENS AVGG], TRABEATE SISCIA [after 94], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [ORIENS AVGG], RADIATE SISCIA [after 171b], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [ORIENS AVGG]

NOTES

Fraction (quinarius). Weight 1.29 g; diameter 15 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik auction 1 (lot 373) in October 2017 for CHF 900. Other specimens: - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 165 (lot 2264) in March 2008 for EUR 425; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 72 (lot 763) in May 2013 for CHF 1,000; weight 1.55 g [click for picture]; - from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18228410); weight 1.18 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture].