6-790

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 31], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Z

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; the four princes sacrificing over tripod before archway in four-turreted enclosure. Star in left field, Z in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Diocletian (p. 616). Should be listed after ANTIOCHIA 31.

See also:
ANTIOCHIA [after 31], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.21 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin offered on Gorny & Mosch auction 118 (lot 2388), October 2002; sold on CNG auction 84 (lot 1419) in May 2010 for USD 460. Now in the Robert Bernobich Collection.

Other specimens:

- from Gorny & Mosch auction 126 (lot 2767), October 2003; weight 3.10 g [click for picture];

- sold on Chaponnière & Firmenich auction 13 (lot 479) in May for CHF 70; weight 3.12 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski