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RIC VI, TICINUM 32b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMANVS (sic!) NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Star in left field. PT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to TICINUM 32b (Vico 147, lot 351) except for MAXIMANVS in obv. legend instead of MAXIMIANVS. Apparently an engraver's error.

NOTES

Weight 9.62 g; diameter 27 mm. Sold on Maison Pruvost Numismatique live auction 6 (lot 28) in April 2024 for EUR 40.

Other specimens:

- sold on Bertolami Fine Arts eAuction 93 (lot 856) in January 2021 for GBP 95; weight 10.24 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski