6-459

RIC VI, CYZICUS 85, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ς

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

GENIOAV-GVSTICMH [GENIO AVGVSTI CMH]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. ς in right field, MKV in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - ς. RIC lists only officinae B, Δ and Є (p. 592).

NOTES

Weight 7.60 g; diameter 22.9 mm. Coin sold on NSB Auctions web auction 3 (lot 674) in January 2021 for EUR 40.

Other specimens:

- sold by CNG Coin Shop (no. 755136) for USD 95; weight 7.75 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- from Wildwinds; contributed by David Lowe; weight 5.60 g; diameter 24 mm; could be CYZICUS 95 with obliterated dot [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski