Hybrid?

237, Lot: 497. Estimate $100. Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.54 g, 12h). Tripolis mint. Struck AD 286. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATOR-I AVG, Maximianus standing right, holding scepter, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, holding scepter. RIC V p. 295, note I. Good VF. Extremely rare issue with AVG rather than AVGG.

Note I on p. 295 of RIC V notes two examples in Voetter's collection with 'AVG' rather than 'AVGG' on this issue for Maximinus. Voetter considers these to be hybrids of issues of Diocletian, but too few examples exist to confirm whether this is the case, or whether the singular 'AVG' was engraved in error on fresh dies for Maximianus at the beginning of his joint reign with Diocletian.