RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 73a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA

 

OBVERSE

IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, rad., stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. D in left field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - D. RIC lists for this type only officina B, G (p. 566). General note about this issue from p. 551: "All three colleagues share all three types [...] Soli Invicto (last seen on Maximinus' gold in 306-8, and now underlining Maximinus as the eastern factor in the balance of power). [...] Date, c. 312 (earlier)".

NOTES

Coin sold on eBay in March 2005 for $42.78. Another specimen sold on eBay in March 2005 for $26.10 [see picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski