RIC VI, HERACLEA [before 76], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

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; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to l. Γ in right field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists issue GENIO AVGVSTI with eagle only for Maximinus [HERACLEA 76] and assumes that it was minted after his capture of Heraclea. General note from p. 528: "This issue falls into two sections, before and after Maximinus' capture of Heraclea. [...] In the second, Maximinus is seen to have introduced his own range of types, from which both Licinius and Constantine are excluded: Genio Augusti (scarce), Herculi Victori and Soli Invicto (both rare). Date, 313". Coin should be listed before HERACLEA 76. See also: HERACLEA [before 76], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A HERACLEA [before 76], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є HERACLEA 76, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A HERACLEA [after 76], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER

NOTES

Weight 4.65 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2014 [Thanks to the collaboration of Laurent Diot].