RIC VI, ROMA [before 5a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI VICTORI]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules seated facing on pile of rocks, head right., club on l., quiver and bow on r., lion's skin over lap. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Many types with m.m. PR are omitted in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. There is a very slight possibility that some of them were minted after Reform. Also, others were added here for comparison. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 82, no. 6/3). Coin could be listed before ROMA 5a. See also: ROMA [before 5a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI VICTORI] ROMA [before 5a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI VICTORI] ROMA [before 5a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI VICTORI] ROMA [before 5a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI VICTORI]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.49 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 34 (lot 76) in November 2006 for CHF 12,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 91 (lot 58) in May 2016 for CHF 20,000; sold on Roma Numismatics auction XXI (lot 727) in March 2021 for GBP 17,000. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 46 (lot 688) in April 2008 for CHF 5,600; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 78 (lot 1129) in May 2014 for CHF 6,500; weight 5.28 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 24 (lot 242) in December 2002 for CHF 8000; weight 5.51 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 112 (lot 856) in November 2002 for EUR 4,200; sold on CNG Mail Bid Sale 70 (lot 1056) in September 2005 for USD 7,500; weight 4.69 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1867,0101.876); weight 5.24 g [click for picture]; - sold on Künker auction 216 (lot 1260) in October 2012 for EUR 8,250; weight 4.90 g [click for picture]; - sold on Ira & Larry Goldberg auction 72 (lot 4209) in February 2013 for USD 10,000; weight 5.00 g [click for picture]; - sold on WCN auction 62 (lot 24) for c. USD 3,400; weight 5.31 g [click for picture].