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RIC VI, HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. facing, head l., l. leaning on lion's skin on club. Γ (reversed) in left field. SMHT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists for this type only officina Δ [rarity R2] (p. 542). General note from p. 528: "This issue falls into two sections, before and after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea. [...] In the second, Maximinus is seen to have introduced his own range of types, from which both Licinius and Constantine are excluded: Genio Augusti (scarce), Herculi Victori and Soli Invicto (both rare). Date, 313". Note reversed Γ like on HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ.

See also:
HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A
HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ
HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A
HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B
HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 4.31 g. Coin sold on eBay in December 2008 for USD 37.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski