RIC VI, ROMA 77b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	IMPCMAMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., rad., dr., with or without cuir., seen from rear.
REVERSE	VOT/XX in two lines in wreath.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list such fraction issue without officina letter. The most similar is ROMA 74-89b (p. 359-360). Footnote 2 on p. 359 about this issue reads as follows: "These common coins have been studied and recorded with insufficient care. It appears that there were examples (of which Vienna contains a number) without any officina-letter—a separate issue, or result of error in engraving ?". See also note on p. 126: "Voetter-Gerin ascribes to London, as Maximian Herculius no. 6, a small radiate issue of the 3 gm. group with rev. VOT XX in wreath, no mint-mark. The attribution seems to be without foundation". This group probably belongs to the same issue as the specimen shown here.

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 2.9 g, diameter 20.67 mm. Coin offered on ANCIENT IMPORTS site in August 2007 for $287. Another specimen sold on eBay in October 2007 for $22.50; weight 2.85 g [click for picture].