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RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [HEESCH 3b], GENIO ANTIOCHENI, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

GENIOAN-TIOCHENI [GENIO ANTIOCHENI]; Antioch seated facing on rock; below, Orontes swimming.

REVERSE

APOLLONI-SANCTO [APOLLONI SANCTO]; Apollo stg. l., patera in r. hand, lyre in l. AMS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. The civic coinage minted under Maximinus II in 312 is completely absent in RIC VI. Already known to Cohen (cf. Cohen, vol. VIII, pp. 43-44, no. 1-5), but then it was thought to be minted under Julian II. Two issues listed in Voetter as "kleine Scheidemünzen" minted under Licinius after the death of Maximinus II (p. 46, no. 30-31; note incorrect weight given: 3.5 g instead 1.5 g, probably misprint). Catalogued in Vagi as the pagan coinage of the Great Persecution (pp. 516-517). However, the basic reference is still: Johan van Heesch, "The Last Civic Coinages and the Religious Policy of Maximinus Daza (AD 312)", Numismatic Chronicle 1993, pp. 65-75. Because of its availability, the present supplement lists only varieties omitted in Heesch.

Type listed in Heesch as 3b, but only officina Є is attested. Note that m.m. AMS could be an engraver's error (retrograde SMA).

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 1.51 g; diameter 15 mm. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in October 2010 for $460.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski