RIC VI, THESSALONICA [after 44a], LICINIUS, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ

OBVERSE	LICINIVS-AVGVSTVS [LICINIVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONSERV-ATORIAVGG [IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys hanging from l. shoulder, r. holding thunderbolt, l. leaning on sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to l. Δ in right field. •SM•TS• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ. Specimen similar to THESSALONICA 44a except for Δ in right field instead of reversed sigma. Cf. also THESSALONICA 45 listed as a separate entry with Δ in right field instead of reversed sigma (The New York Sale, Auction III, lot 778, 5.17 g; 21 mm). Not listed in Depeyrot. Coin should be listed in RIC after THESSALONICA 44a. See also: THESSALONICA [after 44a], LICINIUS, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA A

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Aureus. Weight 5.11 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction XIV (lot 804) in September 2017 for GBP 13,000.