6-722

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 154d], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [SOLI INVICTO], OFFICINA Γ

  

OBVERSE

IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, rad., stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. Crescent over Γ in left field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists similar issue with rev. legend SOLE INVICTO [ANTIOCHIA 154a-d] (p. 640). Spelling SOLI could be an engraver's error, but Sutherland in footnote 3 on p. 640 mentions that also for Galerius' coin "G. 37 [Voetter's Gerin Catalogue] gives A with Soli" (in his opinion "almost certainly in error"). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 639-640. Coin should be listed after ANTIOCHIA 154d.

See also:
ANTIOCHIA [after 154d], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [SOLI INVICTO], OFFICINA Α
ANTIOCHIA [after 154d], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [SOLI INVICTO], OFFICINA Ι

NOTES

Weight 7.89 g. Coin sold on eBay in January 2010 for $82.88.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski