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RIC VII, THESSALONICA [after 42], LICINIUS II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

LICINIVSIVNNOBCAES [LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].

REVERSE

VOT•V•/MVLT•X•/CAESS with mintmark in laurel wreath - •TS•A•.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K3 l. RIC lists for Licinius II only busts B4 and B4 l. (p. 504). Coin should be listed after THESSALONICA 42.

NOTES

From the Rick Morton Collection.

Other specimens:

- specimen sold on eBay in May 2004 for $91.71 [click for picture];

- specimen from Jeff Clark's collection; weight 2.3 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- specimen from Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 2.45 g; diameter 17.4-18.0 mm [click for picture];

- specimen from the Zenon M. Colection; weight 2.80 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski