RIC VII, LYONS [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO POP ROM], BUST TYPE B5

OBVERSE	IMPLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	G[ENI]O-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius turreted stg. l. loins dr. with himation, patera in r. hand, cornucopiae in l. T in left field, F in right field. PLG in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested with this m.m. However, Bruun in footnote 10 ff. on p. 123 writes as follows: "No coin of the type GENIO POP ROM belonging to this series can be found despite Maurice's references ii (p. 95, rev. IV. 2) to P 14128 (IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, bust B5)". Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 94, no. 1296). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 254, no. 573). Should be listed in RIC before LYONS 10. See also: LYONS [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE, BUST TYPE B4 LYONS [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE, BUST TYPE G5 var. LYONS [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE, BUST TYPE K1

NOTES

Weight 3.06 g; diameter 19.5 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_598484), sold for EUR 450. Chitry Hoard (no. 1919). Other specimens: - sold on Savoca Numismatik weekly blue auction 236 (lot 822) in October 2024 for EUR 160; weight 2.77 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - from Collection Claude Pisana no. 493; weight 2.39 g [click for picture]; - from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXIX, no. 1296); weight 2.65 g; note rev. variety: Genius with chlamys over l. shoulder [click for picture].