RIC VI, CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1b], OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG] [1b]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOAV-GVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; altar to l. B in right field. SMK in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1b. RIC lists for this type only earlier legend VAL LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS P F AVG [1a] (p. 593). Note that it is not a simple misprint in RIC (1a instead of 1b), because specimens with obv. legend 1a also exist. However, they are significantly rarer. See examples of CYZICUS 100, officina B (officina not attested in RIC; eBay), CYZICUS 100, officina Δ (3.46 g; 20.5-21.5 mm; J.G. Kiss collection), CYZICUS 100, officina Є (Barry Murphy's collection), CYZICUS 100, officina ς (4.10 g; 21.5 mm; ANS 1944.100.5844) and CYZICUS 100, officina H (4.66 g; 21 mm; Savoca Numismatik). Coin should be listed after CYZICUS 100. See also: CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA A CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Γ CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Δ CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Є CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA ς CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA H CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Θ CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA I

NOTES

Weight 4.78 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Savoca Numismatik online auction 208 (lot 562) in April 2024 for EUR 50. Other specimens: - sold on on eBay in February 2009 for USD 66.17; sold on Agora Auctions sale 50 (lot 172) in February 2016 for USD 48; weight 4.01 g; diameter 21.6 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in November 2009 for USD 41.89; weight 5.15 g; diameter 21-24 mm [click for picture]; - sold on N&N London Green Auction V (lot 643) in February 2023 for GBP 1; weight 5.20 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - from the Rafael Alcover Robles Collection; note Δ after SMK in exergue (result of careless cleaning? error?); weight 4.12 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture].