7-897

RIC VII, SISCIA 110, LICINIUS I, MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN], OFFICINA Є

  

OBVERSE

IIIPI-CINIVSAVG [IIIP (sic!) ICINIVS (sic!) AVG]; bust r., helmeted, cuir.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-EXERCIT [VIRTVS EXERCIT]; standard inscribed VOT/X; captive std. on ground on either side. S in left field, F in right field. •ЄSIS*• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to SISCIA 110 except for dots in m.m., but note crude style and lettering, errors in obv. legend (IIIP instead of IMP and ICINIVS instead of LICINIVS) and reverse appropriate for Caesars (VOT/X on standard instead of VOT/XX). Note also style similarity with SISCIA 119 (exceptional example with two dots in m.m., also from officina Є; cf. picture 119 on plate 13). Probably an imitative coin.

See also:
SISCIA 110, LICINIUS I, MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN], OFFICINA B
SISCIA 110, LICINIUS I, MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN], OFFICINA Γ
SISCIA 110, LICINIUS I, MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN], OFFICINA Є [VOT XX]

NOTES

Weight 3.07 g; diameter 18.5 mm. Coin sold on Compagnie Générale de Bourse auction in November 1999 for EUR 91.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski