Description: Obverse: Head of Maximinus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. over altar, to l., and holding cornucopia in l.; ᴗ Δ E in field, to top l., bottom r. and mid r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C GHL VHL MAXIMINVS P P AVC (Imperator Caesar Galerius Valerius Maximinus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GENIO IMP-ERHTORIS (The Genius of the Emperor as Commander in Chief). In Exergue: ΠNT
Bibliography: RIC VI 133C var.
Notes: According to RIC, the [A]NT in the exergue of the reverse and ᴗ Δ E (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch. As opposed to the type in RIC, this coin has different mintmarks.
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