6-517

RIC VI, SISCIA [after 197], LICINIUS, UNLISTED REVERSE

  

OBVERSE

IMPLICIN-IVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIR-TVS-AVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; prince in military dress, galloping r., spearing prostrate foeman. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED REVERSE. RIC lists this issue with different rev. type: prince stg. r. in military dress, holding globe and spear. Not listed in Depeyrot. Coin should be listed in RIC after SISCIA 197.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.24 g. Coin sold on The New York Sale XVII (lot 216) in January 2008 for USD 13,000.

Other specimens:

- sold on Maison Palombo auction 12 (lot 38) in November 2012 for CHF 95,000; weight 5.50 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski