7-719

RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 19], LICINIUS I, REVERSE VARIETY

  

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

REVERSE VARIETY. Mintmark attested for NICOMEDIA 19 with rev. of NICOMEDIA 20. Coin belongs to the issue struck for the decennalia of Licinius I. Should be listed after NICOMEDIA 19. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 601.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.23 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in October 2009 for EUR 6,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski