6-018

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [after 75], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є

  

OBVERSE

IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. r., r. behind back, l. leaning on club covered by lion's skin. Star over Є in left field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (p. 567). General note from p. 551: "Herculi Victori (common) [...] appear[s] only for Maximinus [...] Date, c. 312 (later)". Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 75.

See also:
NICOMEDIA [before 75], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B
NICOMEDIA [before 75], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ
NICOMEDIA [before 75], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ
NICOMEDIA [before 75], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є
NICOMEDIA 75, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA
NICOMEDIA [after 75], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B
NICOMEDIA [after 75], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ
NICOMEDIA [after 75], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 5.23 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 15 (lot 2173) in February 2021 for CHF 1,000.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in February 2018 for EUR 105.06; weight 3.82 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5466) in July 2023 for CHF 500; weight 5.05 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski