RIC VI, HERACLEA [before 78], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, radiate, stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. B 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". Listed in Tillack - Heraclea (p. 258, no. 102). Coin should be listed before HERACLEA 78. See also: HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 78, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є HERACLEA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A HERACLEA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 4.73 g. Coin sold on Inasta E-live auction 89 (lot 455) in October 2020 for EUR 150. Shown in Tillack - Heraclea (p. 265, no. 102). Other specimens: - sold on Artemide Aste E-auction 40 (lot 849) in November 2025 for EUR 240; 4.97 g; diameter 21.5 mm [click for picture].