RIC VI, CYZICUS [before 53], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	GALMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOA-VGVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Α in left field, • [dot] in right field. MKV in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. It could be CYZICUS 53 with an engraver's error (dot instead of star in r. field) but it could also belong to unlisted issue. See footnote 3 from p. 587 to the second variety of Virtuti Exercitus [CYZICUS 50-52]: "There is some evidence, slight but clear, that this type occured in an issue with mark , &c. Oxford possesses a coin with this reverse, of officina A, with obv. GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, r., laur. (5.46 gm.), while the A.N.S. has a specimen with the same reverse, of officina Δ, with obv. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, r., laur. It is possible that the dot in field to r. may be no more than a small variant in the main issue; equally, and on the analogy of later-mark sequence, it may indicate a very small issue succeeding . In view of this uncertainty it has not been listed here as a substantive issue". Coin could be listed as a part of this issue before CYZICUS 53. See also: CYZICUS [before 53], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE CYZICUS [before 53], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED ISSUE CYZICUS [before 53], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE CYZICUS [before 53], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE

NOTES

Weight 5.71 g. Coin sold on eBay in December 2008 for $32.58. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in March 2010 for $11.50; weight 7.1 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture].