RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [before 69b], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND REVERSE VARIETY [FORGERY]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIN-VSAVGVSTVS [MAXIMINVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, l. leaning on sceptre, Victory on globe in r. hand; eagle holding wreath to l. Γ in right field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen formally unlisted in RIC but in fact it is rather a fantasy coin and a modern forgery. Obverse somehow similar to aureus from Thessalonica - THESSALONICA 44b (Berlin no. 18230416, 5.21 g, 20 mm). Reverse was probably supposed to imitate NICOMEDIA 69b but note that there is an error in description in RIC (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 566) and this rev. actually shows rev. of RIC VII NICOMEDIA 12 (or 13).

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Weight 4.65 g; diameter 22.4 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2023 for GBP 23.