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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2749478, member: 57495&quot;]Yesterday, the postman brought me my most recent coin purchase, a follis of Licinius with a &#039;Genius standing&#039; reverse.&nbsp; While the &#039;Genius standing&#039; type is so plentiful that it&#039;s indisputably the Cockroach Coin of the Tetrarchy, this example was a little unusual in that Genius doesn&#039;t hold a patera, as he usually does in his right hand.&nbsp; Nor does he hold the head of Sol, or Serapis (but yeah, those head-on-a-platter coins are still cool).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Instead, on this coin he holds up... a Victoriola!&nbsp; Errm... okay, so this in itself might not sound particularly exciting, but hey, consider that you&#039;re likely to come across a thousand of the other &#039;Genius standing&#039; coins before you see one of these.&nbsp; This particular issue, struck in the name of Licinius, is rated scarce in RIC, but as a type, they&#039;re altogether quite rare (they were issued only at the Antioch mint, for a short period between 311 and 312).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The seller of my coin had misattributed it as a common &#039;Genius holding head of Sol&#039;, so I managed to buy it for a common-type price.&nbsp; And while I don&#039;t reckon that a Victoriola is worth paying a premium for, I think by definition it can still be considered a little Victory <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has one of these to share, I&#039;d be really happy to see it.&nbsp; In any case, please feel free to share your favorite &#039;Genius standing&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]629385[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>LICINIUS</b></p><p>AE Follis. 5.8g, 20.6mm. Antioch mint, AD 311-312. RIC VI Antioch 162 corr. (no eagle). O: IMP C LIC LICINNIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO AV-GVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding Victoriola and cornucopiae; star in left field, H in right field, ANT in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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