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RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [before 140], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [AETERNAE MEMORIAE GALERI MAXIMIANI], OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

DIVOMAXIMIANOMAXIMINVSAVGFIL [DIVO MAXIMIANO MAXIMINVS AVG FIL]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

AETERNAEMEMORIAEGALERIMAXIMIANI [AETERNAE MEMORIAE GALERI MAXIMIANI]; eagle stg. l. above garland on lighted altar. Β in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists similar commemorative issues minted at Cyzicus and Alexandria (with rev. legend ...GAL MAXIMIANI). Listed in Bastien AMGM (no. 85; also from officina B). Should be listed before ANTIOCHIA 140, but see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 639-640 for comment on necessary rearrangement of issues (i)-(iv) from Group V.

See also:
ANTIOCHIA [before 140], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [AETERNAE MEMORIAE GALERI MAXIMIANI], OFFICINA Є
ANTIOCHIA [before 140], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [AETERNAE MEMORIAE GALERI MAXIMIANI], OFFICINA ς
ALEXANDRIA [before 133], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND

NOTES

Weight 6.51 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in May 2010 for $310.

Other specimens:

- specimen from Bastien AMGM, plate VIII, no. 85; weight 7.12 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski