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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 134a, LICINIUS, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCVALLICLICINNIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LIC LICINNIVS P F AVG] [1c]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

BONOGENIOPII-IMPERATORIS [BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Crescent over K in left field and B over P in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. RIC gives for Licinius' coins from this issue two obv. legends: 1b (ALEXANDRIA 134a) and 1d (ALEXANDRIA 135a). Obv. legend 1d is correct (see ALEXANDRIA 135a; BM 1950,1006.1288, 6.42 g; cited in RIC). However, 1b is probably a misprint which should be corrected for 1c. Variety with obv. legend 1b may exist but confirmation is required.

NOTES

Weight 6.73 g; diameter 26 mm. Ex Gert Boersema>. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2645) in March 2023 for CHF 170.

Other specimens:

- from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 25722); probably this coin is cited in RIC; weight 6.33 g; diameter 25.8 mm [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1909,0901.354); weight 6.82 g [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.6444); weight 7.36 g [click for picture];

- from Auctiones eAuction 11 (lot 100), December 2012; weight 6.60 g; diameter 24-25 mm [click for picture];

- from the Rick Morton Collection [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski