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RIC VI, ROMA [after 128], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN (as Augustus), UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMIANVSAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG]; bust l., laur., imperial mantle, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand.

REVERSE

VIRTV-S-AVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; emperor galloping r., spearing fallen enemy.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen probably belongs to the group of rare unmarked fractions from c. 305 (p. 365-6). General note about this issue from p. 337 mentions that all these fractions are "very badly documented". Coin should be listed after ROMA 128. See also: ROMA [after 128], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN (as Caesar), UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG].

NOTES

Æ fraction. Weight 2.05 g, diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on eBay in March 2007 for $212.50.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski