RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 78b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA

 

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Virtus [properly Mars] advancing r., r. dragging captive by the hair, l. holding trophy and shield. Star over G in right field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - G. RIC lists for this type only officina Z (p. 568). General note about this issue from p. 551: "Virtuti Exercitus, also shared, is rare for all three [Augusti] [...] Date, c. 312 (later)".

NOTES

Should be in author's collection, but the coin never arrived. Another specimen sold on eBay in January 2006 for $22.28 [see picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski