RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [before 68], 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. r., r. behind back, l. leaning on club covered by lion's skin. A in left field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (p. 565). General note from p. 551: "Herculi Victori is given, surprisingly, to Maximinus alone". The footnote explains it in the following way: "This may well reflect (as in the next issue) the accord which came to exist between Maximinus and Maxentius, seen also in the types struck at Antioch and Alexandria in honour of Maximian Herculius before his death in 310. Maxentius and his father were a valuable counterpoise to that other Herculian, Constantine". Coin should be listed before NICOMEDIA 68. See also: NICOMEDIA [before 68], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B NICOMEDIA [before 68], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ NICOMEDIA [before 68], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ NICOMEDIA [after 68], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B NICOMEDIA [after 68], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ NICOMEDIA [after 68], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ [IRREGULAR COIN]

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Weight 4.60 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on eBay in July 2016 for EUR 78.77 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]. Other specimens: - from the Robert Bernobich Collection; weight 2.90 g (sic!); diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - from the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel Collection (reg. no. Mü 710); weight 4.97 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - from Roma Numismatics eSale 41 (lot 997), December 2017; weight 5.72 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].