RIC VI, THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Β

OBVERSE	DIVOMAXIMIANO [DIVO MAXIMIANO]; bust r., veiled.
REVERSE	MEMDIVIM-AXIMIANI [MEM DIVI MAXIMIANI]; eagle surmounting domed shrine with closed doors. B in right field. •SM•TS• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists for this issue only officina A (p. 518 - very rare: R5!). General note about this issue from p. 507: "A small and now extremely rare Mem Divi Maximiani was struck in honour of Galerius. Date, c. 311". See also: THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ THESSALONICA 48, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 4.36 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold om A. Tkalec AG auction in May 2005 for $1,907. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in November 2004 for $52; weight 5.20 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - specimen from Victor Failmezger's collection; weight 4.7 g; diameter 25.01 mm (no. 206 in RBC); photo by Doug Smith [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in September 2004 for $250; weight 5.22 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in May 2002 for $147; weight 4.50 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in February 2004 for $105.87; weight 4.86 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in May 2007 for $575; weight 5.13 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in March 2008 for $26.06; weight 5.41 g [click for picture]; - specimen offered on FORVM ANCIENT COINS in July 2009 for $120; weight 4.29 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - specimen from Bastien AMGM, plate VII, no. 79; weight 3.88 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in March 2012 for EUR 126; weight 3.37 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Zenon M.]; - specimen sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in March 2013 for EUR 200; weight 4.53 g [click for picture].