RIC VII, TRIER [after 283], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA P

OBVERSE	LICINI-VSPAVG [LICINIVS P AVG]; bust r., helmeted, cuir.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-EXERCIT [VIRTVS EXERCIT]; trophy with captive std. on ground on either side. T in left field, F in right field. •PTR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Obv. legend LICINIVS P AVG is attested only for the earlier issues (TRIER 250, TRIER 259 and TRIER 267). However, Bruun mentions in footnote 282 on p. 189 that "CG [Voetter's Gerin Catalogue] records the obv. legend LICINIVS P AVG, both officinae, not to be found. Maur. [Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne]" i, pp. 434 f., rev. VII. 3, gives also a LICINIVS P AVG in P [Paris] and Vo [Voetter] with this bust: in neither collection". Coin should be listed after TRIER 283. See also: TRIER [after 283], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA S

NOTES

Weight 2.80 g. Coin sold on eBay in August 2022 for EUR 38.58. Now in Laurent Diot's collection. Other specimens: - from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 102965) [click for picture].