RIC VI, TREVERI 817c, LICINIUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

OBVERSE	LICINI-VSPFAVG [LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VBIQVE-VIC-TORES [VBIQVE VICTORES]; emperor stg. r., im military dress, r, holding transverse spear, l. globe; seated captive on either side. PTR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. For TRVEREI 817c four varieties of rev. legend breaks are attested: E-V, V-I, V-IC-T, and unbroken. Sometimes - but apparently not in this case (RIC is not consistent) - identical coins which have different rev. legend break are listed under separate numbers (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Here we have another variety: E-VIC-T.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.28 g; diameter 17 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18202536). Other specimens: - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1948.19.289); weight 4.45 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 24 (lot 268) in December 2002 for CHF 6,000; sold on Hirsch auction 372 (lot 2304) in February 2022 for EUR 7,250; sold on Künker auction 416 (lot 2102) in October 2024 for EUR 8,000; weight 4.15 g [click for picture].