RIC VI, THESSALONICA [after 6], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTV-SMI-LITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; four-turreted campgate, open, with doors thrown back; star above arch. TSB in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Diocletian and Constantius (p. 510). Coin should be listed after THESSALONICA 6.

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.37 g. Coin sold on Rauch auction 106, session I (lot 353) in April 2018 for EUR 520. Other specimens: - sold on Roma Numismatics auction XVI (lot 799) in September 2018 for GBP 550; weight 3.42 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 114, part II (lot 1681) in May 2019 for CHF 480; weight 3.45 g [click for picture]; - sold on CNG auction 108 (lot 670) in May 2018 for USD 800; weight 3.47 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - from Art Coins Roma auction 9 (lot 797), April 2014; weight 3.43 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].