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RIC VI, ROMA [after 104b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA T

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur., with drapery on l. shoulder.

REVERSE

SACRAMONVRBAVGGETCAESSNN [SACRA MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS NN]; Moneta stg. l., r. holding scales, l. cornucopiae. Star in right field. RT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for this emission (p. 362). Specimen similar to ROMA 104b except for bust with piece of drapery visible on l. shoulder. Also offcina T is not attested. Note that Sutherland assumes that there was "allocation of officinae in the order of seniority of the rulers" (p. 336), so this coin could be regarded as a hybrid. Cf. also footnote 4 on p. 362 to Constantius' coin from officina S. Coin should be listed after ROMA 104b.

See also:
ROMA [after 103a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 103b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 104a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 104b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Q

NOTES

Weight 11.23 g; diameter 28 mm. From Roma Numismatics eSale 64 (lot 872), November 2019.

Other specimens:

- from Peus auction 407/408 (lot 1201), November 2012; weight 10.44 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski