RIC VI, THESSALONICA [before 10], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

OBVERSE	MAXIMI-ANVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VICTORIAE-SARMATICAE [VICTORIAE SARMATICAE]; four-turreted campgate, open, with doors thrown back; star above arch. TS•A• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Galerius Maximian (p. 510). Specimen similar to THESSALONICA [before 10] but note different variety of rev. legend break: VICTORIAE-SARMATICAE instead of VICTORI-AESA-RMATICAE. Such difference sometimes makes a separate entry in RIC. Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 475, no. 22bis). Should be listed in RIC before THESSALONICA 10. See also: THESSALONICA [before 10], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A THESSALONICA [before 10], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B

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Argenteus. Weight 3.42 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Rauch auction 105 (lot 528) in November 2017 for EUR 750.