6-465

RIC VI, SISCIA 90b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. A in right field. *SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists officinae B and Γ (p. 464). Note that there is also similar issue with larger head on obv. [SISCIA 95a-98b]. See example of SISCIA 98b with the same m.m. and obv.

NOTES

Weight 8.6 g; diameter 28 mm. Sold on eBay in January 2009 for USD 27.16.

Other specimens:

- from the Kelsey Museum Collection; weight 9.43 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Donald Burian].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski