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RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 153a, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z (no crescent)

  

OBVERSE

IMPCGALVALMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l., cloak spread behind, r. holding Victoriola on globe, l. leaning on sceptre, eagle at feat to l. Z in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Z. RIC lists for this rare issue officinae A, B, Γ, ς and H (p. 640). In footnotes 2 on p. 639 and 2 on p. 640 Sutherland mentions that also varieties without crescent exist (officinae ς and H), but they probably belong to a separate group. However, all these officinae (except of ς with crescent) are listed with remark "Confirmation needed" (footnotes 1 and 2 on p. 640). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 639-640.

See also:
ANTIOCHIA 153a, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, [CONFIRMATION], OFFICINA A
ANTIOCHIA 153a, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, [CONFIRMATION], OFFICINA B
ANTIOCHIA 153a, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B (no crescent)
ANTIOCHIA 153a, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ
ANTIOCHIA 153a, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z
ANTIOCHIA 153a, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, [CONFIRMATION], OFFICINA H

NOTES

Weight 6.61 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Savoca Numismatik 7th blue auction, session 2 (lot 947) in November 2019 for GBP 10.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski