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RIC VI, CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1b], OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG] [1b]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOAV-GVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; altar to l. B in right field. SMK in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1b. RIC lists for this type only earlier legend VAL LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS P F AVG [1a] (p. 593).

Note that it is not a simple misprint in RIC (1a instead of 1b), because specimens with obv. legend 1a also exist. However, they are significantly rarer. See examples of CYZICUS 100, officina B (officina not attested in RIC; eBay), CYZICUS 100, officina Δ (3.46 g; 20.5-21.5 mm; J.G. Kiss collection), CYZICUS 100, officina Є (Barry Murphy's collection), CYZICUS 100, officina ς (4.10 g; 21.5 mm; ANS 1944.100.5844) and CYZICUS 100, officina H (4.66 g; 21 mm; Savoca Numismatik).

Coin should be listed after CYZICUS 100.

See also:
CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA A
CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Γ
CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Δ
CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Є
CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA ς
CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA H
CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Θ
CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA I

NOTES

Weight 4.01 g; diameter 21.6 mm. Coin sold on on eBay in February 2009 for USD 66.17; sold on Agora Auctions sale 50 (lot 172) in February 2016 for USD 48.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in November 2009 for USD 41.89; weight 5.15 g; diameter 21-24 mm [click for picture];

- sold on N&N London Green Auction V (lot 643) in February 2023 for GBP 1; weight 5.20 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- from the Rafael Alcover Robles Collection; note Δ after SMK in exergue (result of careless cleaning? error?); weight 4.12 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski