6-1199

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 73a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

  

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. A in left field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists for this type only officinae B and Γ (p. 566). General note 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)".

See also:
NICOMEDIA 73a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ
NICOMEDIA 73c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA A
NICOMEDIA 73c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 4.27 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 15 (lot 2154) in February 2021 for CHF 50.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in August 2012 for USD 84.95; now in the Zenon M. Collection; weight 5.18 g, diameter 22 mm [click for picture].

- from FORVM ANCIENT COINS (RS45633); weight 3.931 g, diameter 22.1 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski