RIC VI, SERDICA 11b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Α

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; Three-turreted campgate, open, without doors. •SM•SDΑ• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Α. RIC lists officinae Β, Γ, Δ and Є [rarity R4] (p. 494). General note about this issue from p. 487-8: "Rare coins (with SM) are known for the Augusti only, with officinae Α, Β, Γ and Є evidenced: their type is a continuation of that of Group I, and the weight remains at c. 3.3 gm". Listed in: Georges Gautier, "Le monnayage d'argent de Serdica après la réforme de Dioclétien", Revue Numismatique 1991, XXXIII, p. 111, no. 17bis.

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Argenteus. Weight 3.62 g. Sold on Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH auction in May 2005 for $1,028. Other specimens: - specimen sold on Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH auction in May 2005 for $1,220; weight 3.22 g; obv. legend break I-A [click for picture]; - specimen (from the same dies as the previous one) sold on Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH auction in April 2006 for $569 (attributed to Maximian Herculius); weight 3.24 g; obv. legend break I-A [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Freeman & Sear auction in June 2007 for $1,540; weight 3.47 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger auction in September 2007 for $1,026; weight 3.40 g [click for picture]; - specimen offered on Palombo auction in November 2011; weight 3.33 g [click for picture].