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Auction 15006 22-23 September 2015
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Licinius I (AD 308-324), AE Nummus (20.7 x 20.9 mm 3.41 g 6h), London mint, IMP LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust of Licinius right, rev. SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing left, S and P in fields, MSN in exergue (RIC 79 var.; CT 8.07.023 var.), very fine / good very fine.
Ex Toone collection.
Extremely rare. A variant of CT 8.07.023 (RIC 79) this mintmark MSN is either a conflation of MLN and MSL or a previously unrecorded mintmark. See Toone, L., A New London Mintmark for Constantine the Great? : Numismatic Circular, July 2009, pp.106. This coin is illustrated on the CT plate as 8.07.023 (2). A similar MSN variant is known for CT 8.07.010. Only four other coins with this mintmark are known.
(£300 - £400)
Ex Toone collection.
Extremely rare. A variant of CT 8.07.023 (RIC 79) this mintmark MSN is either a conflation of MLN and MSL or a previously unrecorded mintmark. See Toone, L., A New London Mintmark for Constantine the Great? : Numismatic Circular, July 2009, pp.106. This coin is illustrated on the CT plate as 8.07.023 (2). A similar MSN variant is known for CT 8.07.010. Only four other coins with this mintmark are known.
(£300 - £400)