RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 72a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOA-VGVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; to l. eagle. Γ in right field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists for this type only officinae A and Δ (p. 566). General note from p. 551: "All three colleagues share all three types - Genio Augusti in two varieties (recording the new composition of the imperial college) [...] Date, c. 312 (earlier)".

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Weight 5.12 g; diameter 21 mm. Sold on Savoca Numismatik 32nd blue auction (lot 1853) in May 2020 for EUR 40. Other specimens: - from Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 4.96 g; diameter 21.2-22.5 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in May 2009 for $11.50; weight 4.70 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by 67aiga7a [click for picture].