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RIC VI, THESSALONICA 23b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder (the chlamys falls low), r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. I in right field. TS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to THESSALONICA 23b except for I as officina letter instead of Γ. Apparently an engraver's error or clogged die.

NOTES

Weight 12.44 g; diameter 29 mm. Sold on Ibercoin auction 80 (lot 806) in March 2023 for EUR 32.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski