RIC VI, ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIR-TVSAVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; Hercules stg. r., seizing by antlers the Ceryneian hind, club to l. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Omitted from RIC V/2 and RIC VI. There is a slight possibility that some of these omitted issues were minted after Reform. Calicó 4736. Could be listed after ROMA 8b. See also: ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] ROMA [after 8b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.38 g. Coin sold on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in May 2008 for EUR 12,000. Other specimens: - specimen offered on Leu auction in May 2005; weight 4.95 g; rev. legend break T-V [click for picture]; - specimen from Bellinger, A. R., Bruun, P., Kent, J. P. C., Sutherland, C. H. V., "Late Roman Gold and Silver Coins at Dumbarton Oaks: Diocletian to Eugenius", Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 18 (1964), p. 169, no. 14; weight 5.283 g; no rev. legend break [click for picture]; - specimen from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1896,0608.91); weight 5.42 g; rev. legend unbroken [click for picture].