7-603

RIC VII, ARLES [after 222], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE

  

OBVERSE

IMPLICIN-IVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

LICINIAVG [LICINI AVG]; in three lines VO/TIS/XX. SAR in field.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list official issue with mintmark PAR. However, Bruun in footnote 249 on p. 261 mentions irregular m.m. QAR and "an unusual Crispus coin, rev. DOMINOR NOSTROR VOT/XX, m.m. PAR". For another specimen with PAR m.m., apparently imitative one, see: ARLES [after 252], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [IRREGULAR COIN]. The specimen in question seems to be a regular mint product and should be listed after ARLES 222.

See also:
ARLES [after 222], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA T
ARLES [after 222], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Q

NOTES

Weight 2.77 g; diameter 16.6 mm. Coin sold on eBay in June 2008 for $43; offered on eBay in March 2012 for $499.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski