6-3253

RIC VI, THESSALONICA [after 32b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO IMPERATORIS]

  

OBVERSE

GAL•MAXIMIANVSPFAVG [GAL • MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOIMP-ERATORIS [GENIO IMPERATORIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head (sometimes also radiate), naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Star in left field, ς in right field. •SM•TS• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Type not attested in RIC for Thessalonica but cf. Heraclea, Cyzicus, Antioch and Alexandria. Should be listed in RIC after THESSALONIZA 32b.

NOTES

Weight 6.46 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 136 (lot 714) in January 2024 for EUR 240.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski