RIC VI, HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. facing, head l., l. leaning on lion's skin on club. Α in left field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Maximinus (p. 542). General note about this issue from p. 528: "This issue falls into two sections, before and after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea. [...] In the second, Maximinus is seen to have introduced his own range of types, from which both Licinius and Constantine are excluded: Genio Augusti (scarce), Herculi Victori and Soli Invicto (both rare). Date, 313". Coin should be listed before HERACLEA 77. See also: HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Α HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Β HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

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Weight 4.50 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group site in 2008 for $975.