RIC VI, CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Θ

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG] [1b]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOAV-GVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; altar to l. Θ in right field. SMK in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists for this type only earlier legend VAL LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS P F AVG [1a] (p. 593). Note that there is NOT a misprint in RIC (1a instead of 1b), because specimens with obverse legend 1a also exist (click for example of CYZICUS 100 with 1a obverse legend from Barry Murphy's collection). Coin should be listed after CYZICUS 100. See also: CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Β CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Γ CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Δ CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA ς CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Η

NOTES

From author's collection. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in March 2011 for $13.50; weight 3.23 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - specimen offered on Nomisma 43 auction im April 2011 for EUR 300; weight 4.79 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in December 2011 for $6.50; weight 4.30 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].