RIC VI, TREVERI [before 844a], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER, ENGRAVER'S ERROR?

OBVERSE	IMPMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., head towered, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. T in left field, F in right field. PTR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Maximinus and Licinius. At the first glance it seems to be an engraver's error in obv. legend (MAXIMIANVS instead of MAXIMINVS) because after Carnuntum Galerius is omitted in Constantine's mints. However, the portrait does not resemble those of Maximinus. One might even describe it as a portrait of Constantine (compare TREVERI [after 855]) with some attributes of Galerius (beard and moustache). Coin should be listed before TREVERI 844a.

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Weight 3.8 g; diameter 23 mm. From the Robert Bernobich Collection.