7-2939

RIC VII, TRIER 256, LICINIUS II, MINTMARK VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

LICINIVS-IVNNOBC [LICINIVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., rad., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-EXERCIT [VIRTVS EXERCIT]; standard inscribed VOT/XX with captive std. on ground on either side. Star in left field. PTR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to TRIER 256 except for absence of dot in exergue. Not unusual variety for this issue (cf. footnotes 258, 259, 262, 264, 266, 267, 269, 270, 274-276 on pp. 187-188).

NOTES

Weight 2.98 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on London Coin Galleries auction 4 (lot 207) in June 2017 for GBP 180; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 8, part 2 (lot 1476) in June 2019 for CHF 125.

Other specimens:

- from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by mauseus [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski