RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 20], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED MINTMARK

OBVERSE	LICINIVS-AVGVSTVS [LICINIVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-LICINIAVG [IOVI CONS LICINI AVG]; Jupiter std. l. on throne to front on platform, chlamys across l. shoulder, holding Victory on globe, leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle with wreath; SIC X/SIC XX on face of platform. Wreath in right field. SMNΔ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED MINTMARK. Rev. similar to NICOMEDIA 20 except for m.m. with wreath in right field which is attested only for NICOMEDIA 19 with different type of rev. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 601. Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 20.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.23 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 180 (lot 438) in October 2009 for EUR 6,000. Other specimens: - sold on CNG Triton XXVII (lot 902) in January 2024 for USD 16,000; weight 5.25 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics auction XV (lot 643) in April 2018 for GBP 5,000; sold on Roma Numismatics auction XXI (lot 734) in March 2021 for GBP 5,000; weight 5.44 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - from Numismatik Lanz auction 148 (lot 129), January 2010; weight 5.17 g [click for picture]; - sold on Chaponnière & Firmenich auction 8 (lot 68) in July 2017 for CHF 7,000; sold on CNG Triton XXI (lot 850) in January 2018 for USD 8,000; sold on CNG auction 109 (lot 713) in September 2018 for USD 8,000; weight 5.48 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Chaponnière & Firmenich auction 8 (lot 69) in July 2017 for CHF 13,000; weight 5.18 g [click for picture].