RIC VII, ROME [after 43], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP]

OBVERSE	LICIN-IVSAVG [LICINIVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	VICTORIAELAETAEPRINCPERP [VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP]; two Victories facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT/X over altar. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Depeyrot 18/3. Specimen from the issue dated to 315 and minted probably for Constantine's decennalia celebrated in Rome. Published in Cohen, vol. VII, p. 206, no. 175. Should be listed after ROME 43. See also: ROME [after 43], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP]

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.15 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. R.138). Other specimens: - specimen sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in October 2008 for $5,197; weight 4.48 g [click for picture]; - specimen from Lars Ramskold's collection; weight 4.597 g [click for picture]; - specimen offered on Hess-Leu auction in March 1961; weight 4.25 g [click for picture].