RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [before 79], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGVSTI]

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; to l. altar. Star in left field, Δ in right field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists only Iovi Conservatori issue with this m.m. pattern [NICOMEDIA 79] (p. 568). Note that it could be also NICOMEDIA 74a with an engraver's error: star in left field instead of star in right field above officina letter. Further investigations needed. Coin should be listed before NICOMEDIA 79.

NOTES

Weight 6.0 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on eBay in January 2010 for USD 112.80. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in December 2008 for USD 57.79; now in the Robert Bernobich Collection; weight 4.10 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].