RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [before 68], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Β

OBVERSE	IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. r., r. behind back, l. leaning on club covered by lion's skin. Β in left field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (p. 565). General note about this issue from p. 551: "Herculi Victori is given, surprisingly, to Maximinus alone". The footnote explains it in the following way: "This may well reflect (as in the next issue) the accord which came to exist between Maximinus and Maxentius, seen also in the types struck at Antioch and Alexandria in honour of Maximian Herculius before his death in 310. Maxentius and his father were a valuable counterpoise to that other Herculian, Constantine". Coin should be listed before NICOMEDIA 68. See also: NICOMEDIA 68, LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Α NICOMEDIA 68, LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ NICOMEDIA 68, LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ NICOMEDIA 68, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Β NICOMEDIA 68, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Weight 6.25 g. Coin sold on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in November 2008 for $385. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in January 2006 for $163.50; diameter 22 mm [click for picture].