7-447

RIC VII, SISCIA [after 18], LICINIUS I, REVERSE VARIETY

   

OBVERSE

LICINI-VSPFAVG [LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICON-SERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, holding Victory on globe, leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle holding sceptre. X in right field. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. According to description in RIC, eagle is "holding wreath", not sceptre. However, note that specimen shown on plate 12, no. 18 has eagle holding sceptre. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 425. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 18.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.25 g. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in May 2008 for $12,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski