RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Β

OBVERSE	MAXIMINVS-NOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; bust l., helm., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, decorated shield on l. arm.
REVERSE	SOLIIN-VICTAE [SOLI INVICTAE (sic!)]; Sol, rad. and in long robe, stg. facing, head l., r. raised, l. holding globe, in facing quadriga; two horses turn l., and two r. Β in middle field. ANT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Galerius Maximian (p. 638). General note from p. 609: "A small and very rare issue which may be part of (i): it includes Sole (or Soli) Invicto in two varieties for Maximinus as Caesar (armoured bust) and Augustus, in a third (quadriga) variety for Licinius, and with anomalous form of legend for Galerius. Date, 310". Note also that description in RIC could be misleading; see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 638. Coin should be listed after ANTIOCHIA 144. See also: ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Α ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ς ANTIOCHIA [after 144], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Ζ

NOTES

Weight 7.34 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in October 2008 for $1,630. Other specimens: - specimen offered on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in November 2002 for EUR 360; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in March 2004 for $432; weight 6.39 g.; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - specimen offered on Gorny & Mosch auction in April 2001 for EUR 767; weight 6.35 g. [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in January 2009 for $799.99 [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Frank Sternberg AG auction in October 2000 for $1,055; weight 6.47 g [click for picture]; - specimen offered on Hirsch auction in May 2011 [officina letter uncertain, could be theta] [click for picture]; - specimen offered on eBay in November 2011 for GBP 495; weight 6.5 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture].