RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 73a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, rad., stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. A in left field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists for this type only officinae B and Γ (p. 566). General note from p. 551: "All three colleagues share all three types [...] Soli Invicto (last seen on Maximinus' gold in 306-8, and now underlining Maximinus as the eastern factor in the balance of power). [...] Date, c. 312 (earlier)". See also: NICOMEDIA 73a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ NICOMEDIA 73c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA A NICOMEDIA 73c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

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Weight 4.27 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 15 (lot 2154) in February 2021 for CHF 50. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in August 2012 for USD 84.95; now in the Zenon M. Collection; weight 5.18 g, diameter 22 mm [click for picture]. - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS (RS45633); weight 3.931 g, diameter 22.1 mm [click for picture].