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].