RIC VI, CYZICUS [before 95], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є

OBVERSE	VALLICINNIANVSLICINNIVSPFAVG [VAL LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOAV-GVSTI CMH [GENIO AVGVSTI CMH]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Dot in left field, Є in right field. MKV in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (cf. CYZICUS 95; BM B.5063, 6.82 g, cited in RIC). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 593. General note from p. 576: "A very small issue, of slightly lighter weight, containing only Genio Augusti CMH (plain Genius) and Sole Invicto for Licinius and Maximinus, with Iovi Conservatori for Maximinus. [...] ranging from scarce to very rare [...] Date, c. 312". Coin should be listed before CYZICUS 95. See also: CYZICUS [before 95], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ CYZICUS [before 95], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ς CYZICUS [after 95], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є CYZICUS [after 95], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ς

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Weight 6.35 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on eBay in June 2019 for GBP 33.32 [Thanks to the collaboration of Richard Demarco]. Other specimens: - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 16 (lot 3700) in May 2021 for CHF 95; weight 6.57 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture].