6-2897

RIC VI, SERDICA 21, SEVERUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

   

OBVERSE

SEVER-VSAVG [SEVERVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; Three-turreted campgate, open, without doors. •SM•SDЄ• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. RIC lists for this type only officina A (p. 497).

General note from p. 488: "Very rare silver is known, for Severus and Maximinus. That of Maximinus could go with the preceding Group [...]. The reverse type of both varieties is Virtus Militum (three-tureted gate, open, without doors), as in Groups I and II. Weight appears to remain at c. 3.3. gm.". Additionally, footnote 1 on p. 497 reads as follows: "This silver is of very great rarity, and it is impossible to say how many officinae produced it".

Existing evidence proves that this issue was minted by all officinae (A-Є). Note also that the existence of Constantius' and Maximinus' coins which share the same rev. die proves that in fact Maximinus should be placed earlier, in Group II (see comparison of Constantius' and Maximinus' coins from Gemini auction).

Not listed in Gautier Argent (294-312).

See also:
SERDICA 21, SEVERUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.49 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4325) in December 2023 for CHF 6,500.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski