RIC VI, ROMA 7b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; camp-gate (its door open) with three forward turrets, two small turrets between them; behind, three small turrets between two turrets. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. RIC describes camp-gate on reverses of ROMA 5a-8b as having three forward turrets (no small turrets between them) and two small turrets between two turrets behind. See examples of: ROMA 5a (HA 3102, lot 31062, 5.61 g, 18 mm); ROMA 6a (CNG 121, lot 953, 5.36 g, 19 mm); ROMA 6b (Berlin, no. 18239418, 5.25 g, 19 mm); ROMA 7a (CNG 121, lot 941, 5.25 g, 19 mm); ROMA 7b (BM, R.123, 4.78 g); ROMA 8a (BM, BNK,R.67, 5.80 g); ROMA 8b (ANS, 1944.100.2802, 4.65 g, 18 mm). Variety not listed in Depeyrot. However, should be known to Sutherland because it is shown on example of ROMA 6b from plate 6 in RIC. See also: ROMA 5b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, REVERSE VARIETY ROMA 6b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, REVERSE VARIETY ROMA 8a, CONSTANTIUS, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.46 g; diameter 18 mm. Sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 179 (lot 940) in October 2011 for EUR 16,000; sold on Künker auction 347 (lot 1232) in March 2021 for EUR 34,000; sold on Heritage Auctions auction 3094 (lot 32078) in August 2021 for USD 33,600. Other specimens: - from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 24050); weight 5.73 g; diameter 18.2 mm [click for picture]; - from Staatliche Münzsammlung München, no. 17-00236; weight 5.64 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].