6-075

RIC VI, THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

DIVOMAXIMIANO [DIVO MAXIMIANO]; bust r., veiled.

REVERSE

MEMDIVIM-AXIMIANI [MEM DIVI MAXIMIANI]; eagle surmounting domed shrine with closed doors. B in right field. •SM•TS• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists only officina A (p. 518; rarity R5). General note from p. 507: "A small and now extremely rare Mem Divi Maximiani was struck in honour of Galerius. Date, c. 311". Listed in Bastien AMGM (p. 39, no. 79).

See also:
THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ
THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ
THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 4.64 g; diameter 24 mm. Coin sold om Künker auction 318 (lot 1870) in March 2019 for EUR 420; sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 62 (lot 1092) in October 2019 for GBP 650; sold in Casa d'aste Montenegro auction 21 (lot 52) im December 2023 for EUR 1,000.

Other specimens (listing is limited to 25 examples due to the commonness of this type):

- sold on Tkalec auction 2005 (lot 376) in May 2005 for CHF 2,300; weight 4.36 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 40 (lot 844) in May 2007 for CHF 700; sold on CNG eAuction 415 (lot 503) in February 2018 for USD 240; weight 5.12 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 215 (lot 455) in October 2013 for EUR 325; sold on Münz Zentrum Rheinland auction 194 (lot 900) in September 2021 for EUR 300; sold on Künker auction 382 (lot 543) in March 2023 for EUR 600; weight 4.33 g; diameter 23-24 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 10 (lot 1529) in December 2019 for CHF 460; weight 4.95 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Kölner Münzkabinett auction 119 (lot 779) in October 2023 for EUR 190; weight 5.02 g [click for picture];

- sold on Bertolami Fine Art auction 67 (lot 499) in July 2019 for GBP 500; sold on Bertolami Fine Art web auction 92 (lot 1530) in October 2020 for GBP 400; weight 5.38 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Künker auction 248 (lot 7583) in March 2014 for EUR 300; FBN Live Auction 2 (lot 189), October 2021; sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 121 (lot 766) in October 2022 for EUR 220; weight 4.41 g; diameter 24.71 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Artemide Aste auction LXII (lot 553) in October 2024 for EUR 470; weight 5.37 g; diameter 24.5 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Künker auction 333 (lot 1491) in March 2020 for EUR 120; weight 4.55 g [click for picture];

- sold on VAuctions sale 304 (lot 422) in March 2014 for USD 80; sold on Künker eLive Auction 84 (lot 4318) in November 2024 for EUR 70; weight 4.84 g; diameter 25.6 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Naville Numismatics Live Auction 27 (lot 668) in November 2016 for GBP 140; weight 4.85 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 61 (lot 763) in January 2018 for EUR 180; weight 4.41 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Emporium Hamburg auction 77 (lot 695) in November 2016 for EUR 75; weight 4.39 g [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in March 2012 for EUR 126; weight 3.37 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Zenon M.];

- from Victor Failmezger's collection; weight 4.7 g; diameter 25.01 mm (no. 206 in RBC); photo by Doug Smith [click for picture];

- from Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 5.16 g; diameter 24.9-25.4 mm [click for picture];

- sold on CNG Mail Bid Sale 67 (lot 1759) in September 2004 for USD 250; weight 5.22 g [click for picture];

- sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 109 (no. 841) in May 2002 for EUR 160; weight 4.50 g [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in February 2004 for USD 105.87; sold on CNG eAuction 353 (lot 594) in June 2015 for USD 45; weight 4.86 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture];

- sold on FORVM ANCIENT COINS (RB32484); weight 4.294 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture];

- from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor; weight 4.50 g; diameter 23-25 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 212 (lot 3024) in March 2013 for EUR 200; weight 4.53 g [click for picture];

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 134 (lot 3068) in October 2004 for EUR 240; weight 4.51 g [click for picture];

- sold on Emporium Hamburg auction 74 (lot 442) in November 2015 for EUR 100; weight 4.63 g [click for picture];

- sold on BAC Numismatics auction 36 (lot 156) in March 2022 for EUR 140; weight 4.52 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski