6-085

RIC VI, TICINUM [after 127], LICINIUS, REVERSE VARIETY AND UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA P

  

OBVERSE

IMPLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

SOLIINVI-C-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys over l. shoulder and hanging behind, r. raised, l. holding up globe. PT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY AND UNLISTED FOR RULER. According to description in RIC, Sol has "chlamys over l. shoulder". Actually two issues are mixed here: (a) with Sol stg. l. with chlamys over l. shoulder and hanging behind and (b) with Sol stg. l. with chlamys draped over l. shoulder only. The former issue is mentioned in RIC VII in footnotes 3 and 4 on p. 360. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 298. Note also that vol. VI lists this type for Constantine and Maximinus only (p. 298). General note from p. 278: "The rest of aes is devoted to four varieties of Soli Invicto Comiti, with coins ranging from rare to common. Constantine claims seven varieties in all, Maximinus four, and Licinius two". Coin should be listed after TICINUM 127.

See also:
TICINUM [after 127], LICINIUS, REVERSE VARIETY AND UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA S
TICINUM [after 127], LICINIUS, REVERSE VARIETY AND UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA T

NOTES

Weight 4.83 g; diameter 22 mm. Sold on eBay in November 2008 for USD 111.49.

Other specimens:

- from Mariusz Graczyk's collection; weight 3.57 g; diameter 20-21 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski