7-2447

RIC VII, LYONS [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO POP ROM], BUST TYPE G5 var.

  

OBVERSE

IMP-LICINIVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., spear across r. shoulder, shield on l. arm.

REVERSE

GENIO-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. Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II but cf. p. 254, no. 572-573; also, cf. in RIC footnote 10 ff. on p. 123. Bust type similar to G5 but cuirassed and draped. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 89. Coin should be listed before LYONS 10.

See also:
LYONS [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE, BUST TYPE B4
LYONS [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE, BUST TYPE B5
LYONS [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE, BUST TYPE K1.

NOTES

Weight 4.23 g; diameter 19 mm. Chitry Hoard (no. 1920). Coin sold on CGB Live Auction September 2017 (lot brm_440006) for EUR 540.

Other specimens:

- sold on CGB Live Auction September 2022 (lot 747007) for EUR 46; weight 3.44 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski