RIC VII, ANTIOCH [after 6], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTIS/V/MVLTIS/X]

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VOTIS/V/MVLTIS/X in laurel wreath.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists aureus with similar legend [VOTIS V MVLTIS X - RIC VII ANTIOCH 1] "struck for Licinius' quinquennalia (November 312/13)" (p. 662). The obv. legend (IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG) is also attested for Antioch mint at that time [RIC VII ANTIOCH 8 & 12]. Coin listed in Cohen (vol. VII, p. 209, no. 207). RBC assigns this coin no. 264LI (short description from p. 33: "313, unmarked, probably Antioch", see also plate 15) and the top rarity - RR. Listed also in: Meixner, I., "Neki kovovi iz nalaza kod Stoca koje ne poznaje najnovija radnja Sutherlanda »Roman Imperial Coinage«, VI sv. 1967. godine" [Some coins from Stoca hoard which are unlisted in the latest Sutherland's work "Roman Imperial Coinage" vol. VI, 1967], Numizmatičke vijesti, vol. XVI/27, 1969, p. 16. But attributed to Nicomedia (sic!). Coin should be listed after ANTIOCH 6.

NOTES

Weight 3.41 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in October 2007 for $535. Other specimens: - specimen from Stoca hoard [Meixner's article quoted above, Plate V, no. 1; published with rev. upside down]; weight 4.0 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - specimen from Victor Failmezger's collection; photo by Doug Smith; weight 3.4 g; diameter 21.78 mm [click for picture]; - specimen from NUMISMATIK LANZ auction sold in May 2005 for $173; weight 3.56 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in June 2005 for $32.78 [lot of 2 coins] [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in July 2004 for $167.50 [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH auction in September 2005 for $91; weight 3.54 g [click for picture]; - specimen from BEAST COINS site [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in November 2005 for $93; weight 2.50 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in May 2006 for $239.50; weight 3.90 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in November 2007 for $46.77 [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in September 2009 for $350; weight 3.89 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in May 2009 for EUR 450; weight 3.39 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in February 2010 for $349.06; weight 3.3 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture] (Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier); - specimen offered on eBay in April 2010 for $399.99; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in May 2010 for $190; weight 3.29 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Thesaurus "Idra" auction in December 2008 for EUR 270; weight 2.8 g [click for picture]. - specimen offered on eBay in November 2010 for $45; weight 3.6 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in December 2010 for $8.95; weight 2.8 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in March 2011 for $90 [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in April 2012 for $50.52; weight 3.7 g; diametr 21 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in April 2012 for $70 [click for picture].