RIC VI, HERACLEA 73, LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., chlamys hanging behind, r. holding Victory on globe, l. leaning on sceptre. B in right field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists only similar issue with legend IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG. Here is also no eagle at l. and chlamys is hanging behind (not just from l. shoulder) (p. 541). General note from p. 528: "This issue falls into two sections, before and after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea. In the first, Iovi Conservatori Avgg continues for all three rulers - all with 'mature' legends: the coins are not uncommon [...] Date, 313". Although this type exists also for Licinius, it probably belongs to the second section (after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea) which explains presence of Daia's Iovi type on the reverse. Coin should be listed after HERACLEA 77 (p. 542). See also: HERACLEA 74, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA G, HERACLEA 74, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA D and HERACLEA 74, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Î.

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Coin sold on eBay on June 2006 for $79.