Licinius with heavy silver

Here is one I am working on that I haven't attributed yet. It is very nice and the silver prohibits getting more detail.+

 

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LICINIUS I
AE3 Follis
OBVERSE: IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: IOVI CON-SERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding victory and sceptre, eagle at foot with wreath in its beak, A to right, dot-SIS-dot.
Struck at Siscia 313-315 AD
3.4g, 22mm
Siscia RIC 225a

 

Very nice. Thanks a bunch Bing. The silver makes photo and details difficult. It tarnishes quickly and turns dark. But, complete silvering is nice.

 

I have to admit I struggled over this attribution and I'm still not 100 percent convinced the "A" is not a "Delta".

 

Me too. They are so close.

 

Nice coin @Inspector43 . I don´t have an oficina A (or delta). I have anoficina B with a shortened obverse legend. RIC only shows the longer legends, so to attribute the shorter ones, scrolling through the site NotInRic usually shows what is needed.

RIC VII, SISCIA [after 11], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

OBVERSE IMP LICINIUS AVG, head r., laur. REVERSE IOVICON-SERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, leaning on sceptre, Victory on globe in r. hand; eagle with wreath to l. B in right field. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested for this issue. RIC lists only longer obv. legends: IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG and IMP LICINIVS P F AVG (p. 422). Coin should be listed after SISCIA 11

20.3mm, 2.53gr

 

Thanks @expat I will save that on my data page.

 

@Clavdivs Nice way to present them.