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RIC VII, LYONS [after 50], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B5]

  

OBVERSE

IMPLICINIVSAVG [IMP LICINIVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir. [B5].

REVERSE

GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius turreted, stg. l., loins dr. with himation, patera in r. hand, cornucopiae in l. TF in left field, star in right field. PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B5. Not attested for obv. legend 2c (p. 125). Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément I (p. 48, no. 600α; but there was a doubt about bust type). Coin should be listed after LYONS 50.

NOTES

Weight 2.96 g; diameter 20.5 mm. Sold on CGB Monnaies 27 (lot 403) in October 2006 for EUR 200.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in March 2007 for USD 77 [click for picture];

- from CGB E-shop (brm_605164), sold for EUR 180; Chitry Hoard (no. 2084); weight 3.22 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon - supplément I (plate IX, no. 600α); weight 3.21 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski