7-2959

RIC VII, ARLES [after 43], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [G7 l.]

  

OBVERSE

IMPLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; heroic (nude) bust l., laur., spear pointing forward, shield on l. arm [G7 l.].

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VI-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., globe in l. hand, chlamys across l. shoulder, raising r. hand. TARL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - G7 l. Not attested for obv. legend 2 (p. 237), but cf. ARLES 35 with similar bust type for Constantine I. Not listed in Ferrando. Should be listed in RIC after ARLES 43.

NOTES

Weight 3.80 g; diameter 20.5 mm. From: Thierry Carion, "Licinius Ier en buste héroïque dans l’atelier constantinien d’Arles", Bulletin du Cercle d’études numismatiques, vol. 56, no. 2 (May - August 2019).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski