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Lot 259

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Maximinus II as Caesar, Mule with Reverse Intended for Galerius as Augustus. Follis; Maximinus II as Caesar, Mule with Reverse Intended for Galerius as Augustus; 305-308 AD, Carthage, 306 AD, Follis, 9.98g. Cf. for obv. RIC-44a, but for rev. RIC-43a, an incorrect combination (mule). Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES Laureate head r. Rx: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART Carthage standing r., head l., holding fruits in both hands, I in l. field, A in exergue. A rare and apparently unpublished mule, not in RIC or in Lech Stepniewski\'s "Not in RIC" website, which couples an obverse die of Maximinus II as Caesar with a reverse die meant for Galerius as Augustus in the same issue. In this issue, each officina struck for only one emperor, so Maximinus\' coins should all have been marked with a G in reverse exergue (officina 3), not with an A as on our coin (officina 1), showing that this reverse die in was intended for the emperor Galerius. The I in reverse field indicates that Galerius was a Jovian emperor; the same rank applied to Maximinus Caesar also, whereas the coins of the other two rulers in the issue, Severus II as Augustus and Constantine I as Caesar, were marked with an H indicating the subordinate Herculean rank.. VF
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