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RIC VI, SISCIA 94, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VTILITAS-PVBLICA [VTILITAS PVBLICA]; Utilitas stg facing, head l., with hands in drapery. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. RIC describes rev. as follows: "Aequitas stg l., r. holding scales, l. cornucopiae". Should be "Utilitas stg facing, head l., with hands in drapery".

For this type of rev. cf. TICINUM 27a (Vico 133, lot 2592), TICINUM 27b (CNG eAuction 324, lot 462, 1.63 g, 17 mm), TICINUM 28a (Lanz 161, lot 471, 1.89 g) and TICINUM 28b; also, ROMA 48 (BM 1867,1223.11, 1.471 g, 17 mm), ROMA 49a, ROMA 49b, ROMA 62 (Rauch 75, lot 829, 1.72 g), ROMA 129a and ROMA 129b (Wien RÖ 25100, 1.90 g, 19 mm).

See also:
SISCIA [before 94], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 0.91 g; diameter 15.4 mm. Cited in RIC. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 70753).

Other specimens:

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 229 (lot 1856) in March 2015 for EUR 750; weight 1.48 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski