6-476

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 72a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

  

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. eagle. Γ in right field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists for this type only officinae A and Δ (p. 566). General note from p. 551: "All three colleagues share all three types - Genio Augusti in two varieties (recording the new composition of the imperial college) [...] Date, c. 312 (earlier)".

NOTES

Weight 4.99 g; diameter 22 mm. Sold on Bertolami Fine Art E-auction 251 (lot 809) in February 2023 for EUR 35.

Other specimens:

- sold on Savoca Numismatik 32nd blue auction (lot 1853) in May 2020 for EUR 40; weight 5.12 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- from Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 4.96 g; diameter 21.2-22.5 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in May 2009 for USD 11.50; weight 4.70 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by 67aiga7a [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski