RIC VI, HERACLEA [before 76], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGVSTI, altar], OFFICINA Є

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOA-VGVSTI [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. Є in right field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Similar to HERACLEA 76 except for altar at feet to l. instead of eagle with wreath in beek (cf. NICOMEDIA 71a-c and NICOMEDIA 72a-c). Minted after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea to the 1/72 libra weight-standard and now also attested for all three rulers. Coin should be listed before HERACLEA 76. See also: HERACLEA [before 76], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGVSTI, altar], OFFICINA Δ HERACLEA [before 76], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGVSTI, altar] HERACLEA [before 76], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGVSTI, altar], OFFICINA B HERACLEA [before 76], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGVSTI, altar], OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 5.70 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on eBay in September 2011 for USD 224.50. Other specimens: - sold on BAC Numismatics auction 24 (lot 82) in September 2020 for EUR 85; weight 4.42 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture].