RIC VI, HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. facing, head l., l. leaning on lion's skin on club. A in left field. SMHT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Maximinus (p. 542). 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 77. See also: HERACLEA [before 77], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 77, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 4.50 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin from CNG Coin Shop (no. 810341), sold for USD 975. Other specimens: - sold on Agora Auctions sale 65 (lot 223) in March 2017 for USD 450; 4.60 g; diameter 21.44 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Solidus Chance-Auktion 44 (Live) (lot 326) in July 2019 for EUR 130 [lot of 4 coins] [click for picture].