6-045

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 145b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

   

OBVERSE

MAXIMINVS-NOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; bust l., helm. (crest ending in eagle), cuir., spear over r. shoulder, decorated shield on l. arm.

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, rad. and in long robe, stg. facing, head l., r. raised, l. holding globe close to body, in facing quadriga; two horses turn l., and two r. Γ in middle field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists only officina A (p. 638). General note from p. 609: "A small and very rare issue which may be part of (i): it includes Sole (or Soli) Invicto in two varieties for Maximinus as Caesar (armoured bust) and Augustus, in a third (quadriga) variety for Licinius, and with anomalous form of legend for Galerius. Date, 310". See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 638.

See also:
ANTIOCHIA 145b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B
ANTIOCHIA 145b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ς
ANTIOCHIA 145b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z

NOTES

Weight 6.25 g.; diameter 25 mm. Sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 117 (no. 1253) in November 2003 for EUR 420.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski