7-224

RIC VII, ARLES [after 244], LICINIUS II, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

LICINIVS-NOBCAES [LICINIVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

CAESARVMNOSTRORVM [CAESARVM NOSTRORVM]; in laurel wreath VOT/X. Q star over crescent A in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type for Crispus and Constantine II (p. 260). Note that there is a misprint in description of ARLES 244-245: VOT/V instead of VOT/X. Coin should be listed after ARLES 244.

See also:
ARLES [after 244], LICINIUS II, UNLISTED FOR RULER AND OBVERSE LEGEND [IRREGULAR COIN]

NOTES

Weight 2.53 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on VAuctions auction 231 (lot 118) in July 2009 for USD 150.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in April 2006 for USD 164.38; weight 3.11 g [click for picture];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.11318); weight 3.14 g; diameter 18.5 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in October 2013 for GBP 10.50; weight 2.84 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 58140); weight 3.01 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in February 2014 for EUR 13.52; weight 3.07 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk];

- from VCoins (Aegean Numismatics); weight 2.71 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- from Jeff Clark's collection; weight 3.7 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in April 2016 for EUR 17.28; weight 2.98 g; diameter 18-19 mm [click for picture];

- from Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 2.87 g; diameter 18.2-19.8 mm [click for picture];

- from Classical Numismatic Auctions X, no. 964, March 1990; weight 3.05 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski