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

OBVERSE	DIVOMAXIMIANO [DIVO MAXIMIANO]; bust r., veiled.
REVERSE	MEMDIVIM-AXIMIANI [MEM DIVI MAXIMIANI]; eagle surmounting domed shrine with closed doors. Γ in right field. •SM•TS• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. 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". Note that Jules Maurice also lists only officina A ("L'Atelier monétaire de Thessalonica pendant la période Constantinienne", Numismatische Zeitschrift 1901 [Wien 1902], vol. XXXIII, p. 115; after Voetter), but specimen shown on plate IV is undoubtedly from officina Γ. Listed in Bastien AMGM (p. 39, no. 80). See also: THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

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Weight 4.45 g; diameter 24 mm. Sold on CNG eAuction 239 (lot 570) in August 2010 for USD 190. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 84 (lot 2090) in May 2015 for CHF 160; sold on Jacquier auction 40 (lot 486) in October 2016 for EUR 315; offered on Jacquier auction 48 (lot 509) in September 2020; weight 5.24 g [click for picture]; - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 141 (lot 347) in October 2005 for EUR 600; weight 4.97 g [click for picture]; - from CGB Live Auction September 2020 (lot 596019); weight 4.97 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Nomos obolos 27 (lot 677) in March 2023 for CHF 75; weight 5.05 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in October 2008 for EUR 630; weight 4.43 g [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch Mail Bid Sale 11 (lot 1226) in September 2006 for EUR 170; now in the Robert Bernobich Collection; weight 4.36 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1996.50.1); weight 4.39 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Thesaurus "Idra" auction (lot 544) in December 2008 for EUR 260; weight 4.6 g [click for picture]; - sold on N&N London online auction 19 (lot 601) in July 2023 for GBP 28; weight 4.4; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - from Jerome Holderman's collection; weight 4.9 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; weight 4.87 g; diameter 23.6 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 27 (lot 892) in May 2016 for GBP 48; sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 70 (lot 1377) in May 2020 for GBP 40; weight 3.48 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - from Kairos Numismatik auction 2 (lot 546), January 2018; weight 4.45 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 125 (lot 510) in February 2023 for EUR 40; weight 4.63 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 21st Blue Auction (lot 1920) in June 2019 for EUR 28; weight 3.73 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in May 2012 for USD 149.95 [click for picture]; - from Maurice's paper cited above (plate IV, no. 3) [click for picture]; - from Stoca hoard [Meixner, I., "Neki kovovi iz nalaza kod Stoca koje ne poznaje najnovija radnja Sutherlanda »Roman Imperial Coinage«, VI sv. 1967. godine" [Some coins from Stoca hoard which are unlisted in the latest Sutherland's work "Roman Imperial Coinage" vol. VI, 1967], Numizmatičke vijesti, vol. XVI/27, 1969, p. 18, plate V, no. 7]; weight 5.50 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - from Bastien AMGM, plate VII, no. 80; weight 4.74 g [click for picture].