RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 69b, MAXIMINUS, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	MPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys hanging behind, r. holding Victory on globe, l. leaning on sceptre. A in left field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 69b except for officina letter in left field instead of right. General note from p. 551: "Iovi Conservatori and Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. [...] Date, c. 311". See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 566. See also: NICOMEDIA 69b, MAXIMINUS, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA B NICOMEDIA 69b, MAXIMINUS, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 4.79 g. From Rauch auction e-Live 37 (lot 431), July 2021. Other specimens: - from the Zenon M. Collection; weight 4.17 g [click for picture]; - sold on CGB E-auction 578 (lot 527822; brm_919652) in May 2024 for EUR 82; weight 3.98 g; diameter 21 mm; authenticity of this coin may be debatable [click for picture].