RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 210], LICINIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	IMPLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., in mantle.
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., head towered, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for this issue (p. 134). Similar to bust type R, but without eagle-tipped sceptre. Listed in Huvelin (no. 104b). However, note that in Huvelin bust type for no. 104a-104b is described as draped and cuirassed (see p. 41; "buste lauré, drapé, cuirassé à gauche"). In the present author's opinion no. 104a has bust type L (bust l., laur., cuir.) and the bust of no. 104b could be described as "in mantle". See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.05.009; bust trabeate). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 210. See also: LONDINIUM 210, LICINIUS, [CONFIRMATION]

NOTES

Weight 3.75 g; diameter 21 mm. From the V.F. Collection. Other specimens: - sold on CNG eAuction 574 (lot 602) in November 2024 for USD 350; weight 4.10 g; diameter 21.5 mm [click for picture]; - Sully Hoard II (B); from the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales (no. 2009.24H/3290); weight 4.39 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - from Huvelin (plate 11, no. 104b); Boursies hoard, no. 296; weight 3.96 g [click for picture]; - from: William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales", British Numismatic Journal 1906, p. 34 and plate I, no. 5; weight 4.21 g [click for picture].