RIC VI, ROMA [before 282], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GLORIA EXERCITI AVGG NN]

OBVERSE	LICINI-VSPFAVG [LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GLORIAEXE-R-CITIAVGGNN [GLORIA EXERCITI AVGG NN]; prince riding l., r. raised. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 88, no. 17/3; this coin, with correct attribution but wrongly given rev. legend breaks: E-R instead of E-R-C). Should be listed in RIC before ROMA 282. Note that numerous forgeries of this extremely rare type exist, mostly in silver (see example offered on Allegro; 3.02 g) but sometimes also in gold. In such case coin pretends to be an aureus (weight > 5 g), not solidus. See example sold on Bank Leu auction 28 (lot 563) in May 1981 for CHF 35,000; 5.39 g. Probably all forgeries have rev. legend break E-R.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.62 g. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts II (lot 467), March 1976 (attributed to Arles!); sold on Künker auction 326 (lot 1619) in October 2019 for EUR 22,000; sold on Numismatica Genevensis auction 13 (lot 95) in November 2021 for CHF 48,000.