RIC VI, ROMA, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [MONETA AVGG] (heavier)

OBVERSE	IMPCMAVRVALMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., in imperial mantle, holding Victory on globe in r. hand, eagle-tipped sceptre in l.
REVERSE	MONETAAVGG [MONETA AVGG]; three Monetae stg. l., each holding scale and cornucopiae.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Æ medallions of the rulers of the first Tetrarchy with three Monetae on reverse are omitted both in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. Judging from portraits, part of them belongs to the pre-reform coinage, but the present writer decided not to make his own, and rather arbitrary, division of this material. Note that there are at least two different issues: lighter (c. 20 g), probably earlier, and heavier (over 30 g).

NOTES

Æ medallion. Weight 31.44 g; diameter 34 mm. Sold on Nomos auction in October 2011 for CHF 190,000.