RIC VI, CYZICUS 92, LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	VALLICINNIANVSLICINNIVSPFAVG [VAL LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	SOLEIN-VICTO [SOLE INVICTO]; Sol, rad., stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. D in left field. MKV in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (p. 592). Licinius is listed for the next issue with dot in the right field - RIC 98 (p. 593; only officina V - rarity R2). General note about this issue from p. 576: "An extended range of types is introduced, most of them scarce or rare. [...] Sole Invicto, with all the implications of the ablative absolute, is struck for Maximinus only. [...] Date, c. 311-12". We may recognize that it is not true. Probably coins with Sole Invicto from this issue were struck also for Licinius and Constantine. Coin should be listed before CYZICUS 92. See also: CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A and CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA G.

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From author's collection.