RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [before 75], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS 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 Γ 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 before NICOMEDIA 75. See also: NICOMEDIA [before 75], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B 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 NICOMEDIA [after 75], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 5.38 g. From the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel Collection (reg. no. ALg 446, 7). Other specimens: - from Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by seth; weight 4.50 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in April 2016 for GBP 47.66 [lot of 9 coins] [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Zenon M.].