Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1228. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $830. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Licinius I. AD 308-324. BI Argenteus (2.89 g, 11h). Treveri (Trier) mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 317-318. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding mappa and scepter / Eagle standing right on wavy line, head left, bearing Licinius, standing left, who is carrying a thunderbolt and scepter; PTR. RIC VII 211; Schulten em. 18; RSC 99. Good VF, toned. Considerable silvering remains. Very rare.