6-550

RIC VI, CYZICUS [before 55], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

  

OBVERSE

GALMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (p. 587). May be regarded as a hybrid but cf. HERACLEA 35-36. Coin should be listed before CYZICUS 55.

See also:
CYZICUS [before 55], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ
CYZICUS [before 55], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ς

NOTES

Weight 5.44 g; diameter 25 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1982.58.1).

Other specimens:

- from the Rick Morton Collection [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski