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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 149a], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1c]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCVALLICLICINNIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LIC LICINNIVS P F AVG] [1c]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENI-O-AVGVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding head of Serapis, l. cornucopiae. X in left field and A in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1c. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 149a except for obv. legend 1c instead of 1a. Coin should be listed after ALEXANDRIA 149a.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA [after 149a], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1b]

NOTES

Weight 4.78 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.6456).

Other specimens:

- sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 3490) in March 2017 for EUR 75; ex Dattari [click for picture];

- from VCoins (The Ibarra Collection); weight 4.81 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- from Thesaurus Auctions E-live auction 17 (lot 466), April 2021 [click for picture];

- from RDA E-auction 2, May 2020; weight 5.08 g; diameter 21.5-22 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Poniewierka].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski