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RIC VI, HERACLEA 47, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

IMPCGALVALMAXIMINOPFINVAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINO P F INV AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOCA-ESARIS [GENIO CAESARIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder (the chlamys falls low), r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Star in left field. HTB in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists only officina Δ (p. 537). Footnote 3 on p. 537 reads as follows: "Presumably a hybrid, with reverse continued inappropriately after Maximinus' promotion".

NOTES

Weight 6.08 g; diameter 26 mm. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 213 (lot 478) in July 2009 for USD 60; sold on CNG eAuction 234 (lot 472) in June 2010 for USD 62.

Other specimens:

- from eBay, March 2010 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski