RIC VI, HERACLEA [after 78], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVTI EXERCITIS], OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVTIE-XERCITIS [VIRTVTI EXERCITIS (sic!)]; Virtus [actually Mars] advancing r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. shield and trophy over shoulder. Γ in right field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. This type belongs to the group which was minted after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea in 313 [HERACLEA 76-78]. The similar reverse was used earlier in Nicomedia and Cyzicus [i.e. NICOMEDIA 70a-70b, CYZICUS 94] controlled by Maximinus since Galerius' death, but the legend VIRTVTI EXERCITIS is not known at all. For the first time published probably in: Meixner, I., "Neki kovovi iz nalaza kod Stoca koje ne poznaje najnovija radnja Sutherlanda »Roman Imperial Coinage«, VI sv. 1967. godine" [Some coins from Stoca hoard which are unlisted in the latest Sutherland's work "Roman Imperial Coinage" vol. VI, 1967], Numizmatičke vijesti, vol. XVI/27, 1969, p. 16-18 and plate V. Mentioned in Bruun SICN (p. 175), but incorrectly as VIRTVTI EXERCITVS. Coin should be listed after HERACLEA 78. See also: HERACLEA [after 78], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Α HERACLEA [after 78], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Β HERACLEA [after 78], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Є

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Weight 4.71 g. Coin sold on Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH auction in September 2006 for $584.