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What? You thought I was devoured by a black hole or something since I haven't posted in years? No - just busy with a whole ton of stuff in life. But, I'm back in the ancient coin world again to some degree, having been hired by Bill Puetz to be the Customer Service Manager for VCoins.
Anyway, I was working at a coin show yesterday and ran across the following item I am trying to get information for the dealer. The piece looks and sounds like silver. It's pretty nice looking in hand, actually.
Here is the attribution and my notes so far.
Licinius I, Argenteus?, 317-320, Nicomedia, Officina 1
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right
IOVI CONS_ERVATORI
Jupiter standing left, naked but for chlamys across left shoulder, Victory on globe in right hand, eagle-tipped scepter in left, eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, bound captive at feet to right
X / IIΓ in right field
SMNA in exergue
19mm, 2.89g
cf. RIC VII, 44 (R1)
Note: This doesn't look cast, as the surfaces are decent and in general the edges look struck. There is one smooth area on the edge which could have been where a casting sprue was located, or where the coin was mounted in jewelry. The obverse is relatively sharp, but the reverse is flat and mushy. I have not been able to locate any other examples, so I'm not sure if this was a one-off copy; fantasy type for experimentation; or specifically made for a piece of jewelry.
What? You thought I was devoured by a black hole or something since I haven't posted in years? No - just busy with a whole ton of stuff in life. But, I'm back in the ancient coin world again to some degree, having been hired by Bill Puetz to be the Customer Service Manager for VCoins.
Anyway, I was working at a coin show yesterday and ran across the following item I am trying to get information for the dealer. The piece looks and sounds like silver. It's pretty nice looking in hand, actually.
Here is the attribution and my notes so far.
Licinius I, Argenteus?, 317-320, Nicomedia, Officina 1
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right
IOVI CONS_ERVATORI
Jupiter standing left, naked but for chlamys across left shoulder, Victory on globe in right hand, eagle-tipped scepter in left, eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, bound captive at feet to right
X / IIΓ in right field
SMNA in exergue
19mm, 2.89g
cf. RIC VII, 44 (R1)
Note: This doesn't look cast, as the surfaces are decent and in general the edges look struck. There is one smooth area on the edge which could have been where a casting sprue was located, or where the coin was mounted in jewelry. The obverse is relatively sharp, but the reverse is flat and mushy. I have not been able to locate any other examples, so I'm not sure if this was a one-off copy; fantasy type for experimentation; or specifically made for a piece of jewelry.
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