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RIC VI, TICINUM [after 23b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND OBVERSE LEGEND [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMIANVSAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOP[O]PVLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. T in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND OBVERSE LEGEND. Neither bust type nor obverse legend is attested for issue with T in m.m. (p. 283). Note wide big letters which forced engraver to end rev. legend in exergue. Probably an ancient imitation. Coin could be noted after TICINUM 23b.

NOTES

Weight 8.84 g. Coin sold on eBay in January 2021 for EUR 57.78.

Other specimens:

- Sully Hoard II (B); from the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales (no. 2009.24H/4728); weight 6.15 g; diameter 28 mm; from the same dies [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski