
RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 14, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
OBVERSE
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MAXIMIA-NVSAVGVSTVS [MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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XX/MAXI/MAIN/IAVG/SMN [XX MAXIMAINI (sic!) AVG]; in five lines in laur. wreath.
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NOT IN RIC
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ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 14 except for MAXIMAINI in rev. legend instead of MAXIMIANI. Variety not mentioned in Depeyrot. Apparently an engraver's error.
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NOTES
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Aureus. Weight 5.28 g. Tkalec Auction February 2002 (lot 241); Helios Numismatik auction 1 (lot 560), April 2008; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 59 (lot 1155) in April 2011 for CHF 20,000.
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