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RIC VI, TREVERI [before 476b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

GA•VALMAXIMIANVSNOBILC [GA • VAL MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C]; head r., laur., dr. l. shoulder.

REVERSE

MSACRAAVGGETCAESSNN [M SACRA AVGG ET CAESS NN]; Moneta stg. l., r. holding scales, l. cornucopiae. Star in right field. ATR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST. Obv. legend not attested in RIC VI (could be regarded as an engraver's error). Bust type with draped left shoulder not attested for this issue but cf. bust type B on p. 175. Coin should be listed before TREVERI 476b.

NOTES

Weight 7.53 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 10, part 2 (lot 1558) in December 2019 for CHF 85.

Other specimens:

- from "foudefollis" collection; weight 9.89 g [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.210); Rauceby hoard; weight 8.71 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski