RIC VII, TRIER 137B, LICINIUS I, [CONFIRMATION]

OBVERSE	IMPLICINIVSAVG [IMP LICINIVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; turreted Genius stg. l., loins dr. with himation, patera in r. hand, cornucopiae in l. T in left field, F in right field. •ATR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CONFIRMATION]. Specimen similar to TRIER 121 except for dot in m.m. which suggests that it belongs to the next group [TRIER 127-156]. RIC lists this type in "Addenda and Corrigenda" (p. 317) together with another type with m.m. •ATR and bust B4 (TRIER 137A). But note that Bruun took descriptions of these types from Kienast, and also expresses some doubts: "The author accepts these exceptional coins with some hesitation. [...] Dr. Kienast, however, unfortunately has not analysed the [Bliesmengen-Bolchen] hoard [...]. Dehnke [...] records simply 24 coins with ATR in exergue; Kienast, however, who may have examined the coins personally [...] records 21 coins with ATR and 2 with •ATR; the where-abouts of the missing piece has not been explained. If the exergual mark really is •ATR, coins of Licinius and of the Caesars newly appointed by Constantine overlapped and were not successive as assumed above (cf. p. 151)". Now at least one type with exergual mark •ATR is confirmed.

NOTES

Weight 3.01 g; diameter 19 mm. From Laurent Diot's collection. Other specimens: - from the collection of Beatissimus Sol Invictus; weight 3.34 g; diameter 19.4 mm; note different rev. die [click for picture].