6-1795

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 74a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

  

OBVERSE

IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINVS 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 over Є in right field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. RIC lists officinae B, Δ, ς and Z (p. 367). General note from p. 551: "Genio Augusti is again shared between the three colleagues, though Constantine is rare [...] Date, c. 312 (later)".

See also:
NICOMEDIA 74a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A
NICOMEDIA 74a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 4.37 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on Savoca Numismatik 30th blue auction (lot 2002) in March 2020 for EUR 100.

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1950,1006.1344); weight 5.34 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski