6-070

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [before 142], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

IMPCLICLICINNIVSPFAVG [IMP C LIC LICINNIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

SOLEINVIC-TO [SOLE INVICO]; Sol, rad. and in long robe, r. raised, l. holding globe stg. in quadriga galloping l. Ι in middle field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (p. 637). General note about this issue from p. 609: "A small and very rare issue which may be part of (i): it includes Sole (or Soli) Invicto in two varieties for Maximinus as Caesar (armoured bust) and Augustus, in a third (quadriga) variety for Licinius, and with anomalous form of legend for Galerius. Date, 310". Note that RIC lists similar coin (even from the same officina!), but with quadriga galloping r. (ANTIOCHIA 143). It could be an attribution slip, so confirmation is needed. Coin should be listed before ANTIOCHIA 142.

NOTES

Weight 7.42 g. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in June 2006 for $350.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski