RIC VII, THESSALONICA 24, MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	DIVOMAXIMIANOOPTIMOIMP [DIVO MAXIMIANO OPTIMO IMP]; head r., veiled and laur.
REVERSE	REQVIESOPTIM-ORVMMERITORVM [REQVIES OPTIMORVM MERITORVM]; Emperor std. l. on curule chair, raising r. hand, holding sceptre. •TS•A• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists for this type officinae B, Γ and Δ (p. 503). Note that sometimes distorted 'B' could be confused with 'A'. See also: THESSALONICA 24, MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 1.66 g; diameter 18 mm. From BAC Numismatics auction 29 (lot 205), May 2021. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 134 (lot 645) in November 2023 for EUR 45; weight 1.59 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Esugenos [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in July 2008 for USD 33.08; weight 1.50 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture]; - from CGB E-shop (brm_231781), sold for EUR 145; weight 1.64 g; diameter 15.5 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Zafeu; weight 1.38 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]; - from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18246917); weight 1.63 g; diameter 18 mm; rev. legend break O-R [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 82nd online auction (lot 366) in July 2020 for EUR 50; weight 1.25 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture]; - from Dirty Old Coins; rev. legend breaks I-M-O [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in June 2008 for USD 39.64 [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in October 2010 for USD 1.37; rev. legend break O-R [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]; - sold on eBay in September 2007 for USD 22.68; weight 1.05 g [click for picture].