RIC VI, HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, radiate, stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. Γ (retrograde) in left field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists for this type only officina Α and Δ [rarity R2] (p. 542). General note about this issue 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 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ. See also: HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Β HERACLEA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Α HERACLEA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є

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Weight 5.10 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group site for $195. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in December 2005 for $88.66 [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Gemini VII auction in January 2011 for $1,300; weight 5.66 g [click for picture].