7-1883

RIC VII, TICINUM [before 10], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B4]

  

OBVERSE

IMPLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir. [B4].

REVERSE

SOLIINVI-C-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol rad. stg. l., raising r. hand, globe in l., chlamys across l. shoulder. Star in left field. PT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B4. Not attested for obv. legend 2 (p. 361). But see footnote 10 on p. 361: "Both Maur. [Maurice] ii, p. 230, rev. I. 4 and CG [Catalogue Gerin] record a bust B4, the former reffering to C. [Copenhagen] and Vo. [Voetter]. Not to be found". Listed in Antibes Hoard (p. 399, no. 2049). Should be listed in RIC before TICINUM 10.

NOTES

Weight 3.0 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on CGB E-auction 354 (lot 267473) in January 2020 for EUR 57.

Other specimens:

- sold on Vico auction 148 (lot 759) in June 2017 for EUR 30; ex Dattari [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in April 2015 for USD 8.99 [lot of 3 coins]; now in Mariusz Graczyk's collection; weight 3.0 g; diameter 17-21 mm [click for picture];

- from Antibes Hoard (plate XX, no. 2049); weight 3.21 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski