RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 70a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Virtus [actually Mars] advancing r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. shield and trophy over shoulder. A in right field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists for Licinius only officina Δ (p. 566). General note from p. 551: "Iovi Conservatori and Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. [...] Date, c. 311". See also: NICOMEDIA 70a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

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Weight 5.11 g. Ex Gorny & Mosch auction 200 (lot 2833), October 2011; sold on eBay in March 2012 for USD 270.