7-012

RIC VII, SISCIA [after 18], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND

   

OBVERSE

LICINI-VSPFAVG [LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICONSE-RVATORIAVG [IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, holding Victory on globe, leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle holding wreath. X in right field. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists for this type rev. legend IOVI CONSERVATORI (without AVG) [SISCIA 18]. SISCIA 19-21 has the same rev. legend but Jupiter is holding thunderbolt instead of Victory on globe (p. 425). Calicó 5108a. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 18.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.25 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in October 2005 for $4,682; sold on Hess-Divo auction in April 2008 for CHF 11,000; sold on Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH auction in November 2008 for $10,905; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in October 2009 for CHF 11,000; sold on Hess-Divo auction in October 2010 for CHF 12,500.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski