6-095

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 165, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

  

OBVERSE

IMPCLICLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C LIC LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIO-AVGVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder (the chlamys falls low), r. holding head of Sol, l. cornucopiae. Star in left field, Γ in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists for obv. legend 1b officinae Є, Є/Δ, I, AI, BI and ΔI (p. 643). General note from p. 610-611: "Genio Augusti (with Sol head instead of Victoriola, and without eagle) appears for all three Augusti. [...] Date, 312".

See also:
ANTIOCHIA 165, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A
ANTIOCHIA 165, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B
ANTIOCHIA 165, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ς
ANTIOCHIA 165, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z
ANTIOCHIA 165, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ΓI
ANTIOCHIA 165, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ЄI

NOTES

Weight 4.84 g; diameter 20-21 mm. Coin sold on eBay in September 2007 for USD 150.16. Ex Beast Coins.

Other specimens:

- from Savoca Numismatik 81st blue auction (lot 1284), July 2020; weight 4.17 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in May 2000 for USD 37; weight 4.319 g [click for picture];

- from eBay, April 2023; weight 4.64 g; diameter 19-20 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski