6-007

RIC VI, TICINUM [after 130], LICINIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [A], OFFICINA S

   

OBVERSE

IMPLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur. [A].

REVERSE

SOLIINVI-C-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., head l., chlamys over l. shoulder and hanging behind, r. raised, l. holding up globe. ST in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - A. RIC lists for Licinius only type C - laur. and cuir. (p. 298) [see TICINUM 131c]. General note from p. 278: "The rest of aes is devoted to four varieties of Soli Invicto Comiti, with coins ranging from rare to common. Constantine claims seven varieties in all, Maximinus four, and Licinius two". Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 87, no. 3772). Coin should be listed after TICINUM 130.

See also:
TICINUM [after 130], LICINIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA P
TICINUM [after 130], LICINIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA T

NOTES

Weight 4.83 g. Coin sold on eBay in August 2011 for USD 72.

Other specimens:

- sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 123 (lot 899) in May 2005 for EUR 100; weight 4.49 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in September 2017 for GBP 27; weight 4.60 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.1834); weight 4.61 g; diameter 21.5 mm [click for picture];

- from CGB E-shop (brm_493051); Chitry Hoard (no. 624); weight 4.61 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- from Laurent Diot's collection; weight 3.34 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXVI, no. 3772); weight 3.84 g [click for picture];

- sold on Lucernae Numismatics auction decimosexta XVI (lot 809) in October 2023 for EUR 40; weight 3.30 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in October 2017 for GBP 23; weight 4.15 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in April 2011 for USD 5.10; weight 2.5 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- from Lydia Numismatics Online Auction 4 (lot 378), December 2020; weight 4.60 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1937.59.1); weight 3.35 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in November 2019 for GBP 4.20 (officina letter uncertain; given after seller); now in Mariusz Graczyk's collection; weight 3.87 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in September 2013 for GBP 8.36; weight 4.43 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk];

- from Mariusz Graczyk's collection; weight 4.42 g; diameter 20-21 mm [click for picture];

- from eBay, November 2015 for USD 11.99; weight 5.30 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk];

- from eBay, May 2014; weight 4.65 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk];

- sold on eBay in June 2014 for USD 3.60; now in Mariusz Graczyk's collection; weight 2.37 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- from: Federico Barello, Renato Campo and Deborah Rocchietti, "Un ripostiglio di folles di età costantiniana da Scarnafigi", Quaderni della Soprintendenza Archeologica del Piemonte 2016, no. 31, p. 74 and picture no. 115 on p. 76; weight 4.12 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski