RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 78b, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED REVERSE

OBVERSE	IMPCGALVALMAXIMINVSPFAVG [IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Virtus [properly Mars] advancing r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. shield and trophy over shoulder. Star over A in right field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE. RIC lists only another variant of Virtuti Exercitus reverse - with Virtus [properly Mars] dragging captive by the hair (p. 568). General note about this issue from p. 551: "Virtuti Exercitus, also shared, is rare for all three [Augusti] [...] Date, c. 312 (later)". Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 78c.

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Coin offered on eBay in February 2006 for $99.