7-3844

RIC VII, AQUILEIA [before 6], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG]

  

OBVERSE

LICIN-IVSPAVG [LICINIVS P AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

IOVICONSER-VATORIAVG [IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG]; Emperor borne by eagle stg. r., l. wing pointing downward; Emperor holds sceptre in l. hand and thunderbolt in r. AQS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested for Aquileia. Type similar to TRIER 210) (Gorny & Mosch 241, lot 2701, 3.73 g), ARLES 197) (CGB Monnaies 36, lot 943, 2.55 g, 19 mm) or TICINUM 89 (priv. coll., 3.417 g, 17 mm). Treated as an official issue in RDTH, p. 46. However, in the present author opinion this coin may be regarded as an ancient imitation. Could be listed in RIC before AQUILEIA 6.

NOTES

Weight 2.60 g; diameter 16.47 mm. From the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (ID: WILT-41683D).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski