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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [before 144a], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1c]

  

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 X in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1c. RIC lists for this type only legend IMP C VALER LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG [1d] (p. 683). But note that it could be a typo in RIC: 1d instead of 1c. Coin should be listed before ALEXANDRIA 144a.

NOTES

Weight 7.6 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on eBay in March 2007 for USD 170.85. Now in the Robert Bernobich Collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski