RIC VI, CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Β

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG] [1b]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOAV-GVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; altar to l. Β in right field. SMK in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists for this type only earlier legend VAL LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS P F AVG [1a] (p. 593). Note that there is NOT a misprint in RIC (1a instead of 1b), because specimens with obverse legend 1a also exist (click for example of CYZICUS 100 with 1a obverse legend from Barry Murphy's collection). Coin should be listed after CYZICUS 100. See also: CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Γ CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Δ CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Є CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA ς CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Η CYZICUS [after 100], LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Θ

NOTES

Weight 4.0 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on eBay in February 2009 for $66.17. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in November 2009 for $41.89; weight 5.15 g; diameter 21-24 mm [click for picture].