6-053

RIC VI, HERACLEA [after 63], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG]

  

OBVERSE

LICINIVS-AVGVSTVS [LICINIVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICONSER-VATORIAVGG [IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., chlamys hanging from l. shoulder, r. holding Victory on globe, l. leaning on sceptre, eagle with wreath in beak at feet to l. SMHT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC VI does not list any gold coinage from Heraclea. Not listed in Depeyrot. Coin probably minted at the same time as HERACLEA 73-75 (312-313), but should be listed in RIC after HERACLEA 63 (at the beginning of the Group VI).

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.36. Coin sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 106 (lot 759) in November 2001 for DM 5,000; sold on UBS Gold & Numismatics auction 64 (lot 233) in January 2006 for CHF 6,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski