RIC VI, SISCIA [after 171b], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [ORIENS AVGG]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIN-VSNOBC [MAXIMINVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	ORIEN-S-AVGG [ORIENS AVGG]; Sol rad., stg. l., chlamys over l. shoulder, r. hand raised, l. holding globe and whip. SIS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Reverse similar to the type introduced already before Diocletian's Reform in 294 (cf. antoninianus struck for Galerius Maximian in Lugdunum [RIC V/2 684; see picture]). Note the link between this coin and aurei of the same type [SISCIA 192-193; see picture (from Numismatica Ars Classica auction; weight 5.55 g)]. Should be listed with other fractions after SISCIA 171b. See also: SISCIA [after 94], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [ORIENS AVGG]

NOTES

Fraction (quinarius). Weight 2.42 g; diameter 16 mm. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in October 2010 for $420.