6-2378

RIC VI, CYZICUS 54, LICINIUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

VALLICINNIANVSLICINNIVSPFAVG [VAL LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOV-VGVSTI [GENIO VVGVSTI (sic!)]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. ς in left field, star in right field. MKV in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 54 except for VVGVSTI in rev. legend instead of AVGVSTI. Apparently an engraver's error.

NOTES

Weight 6.90 g; diameter 24 mm. Coin sold on eBay in December 2019 for USD 39.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski