Experts in Coins & Medals

Galba, 68-69. Denarius (Silver, 18.5 mm, 3.58 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in North Africa (Cirta or Carthage), 68. SER GALBA IMP AVG Laureate head of Galba to right; at point of neck, globe. Rev. VICT-ORIA P R / S - C Victory standing to left on a globe, holding a wreath with her right hand and a palm with her left. BMC 269 var. (reverse legend break). Cohen 331. RIC 520 var. (reverse legend break). Very rare. Lightly toned and with a portrait by an engraver who had previously worked on the coinage of Clodius Macer. Good very fine.

BITHYNIA. Nikomedia. Maximinus Thrax, 235-238. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 26.5 mm, 7.11 g, 12 h). Γ IOY OY MAΞIMЄINOC AYΓ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus to right, seen from behind; on neck countermark: Δ in round punch. Rev. NIKOMHΔЄΩN ΔIC NЄΩKOPΩN Tyche standing facing, her right foot on rocks, head to left, holding small prow (?) in her right hand and holding rudder with her left. Cf. RPC VI Online, 3446. Countermark: GIC 788 . Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Double struck on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.