Post by: Heliodromus on August 05, 2021, 09:22:24 PM
I found this concoction on Vol II, Plate I.
My thoughts rapidly went from "wow, that's unexpected" to "but, the bust style is wrong for London" to "but it looks strangely familiar ....".
So, it turns out the reverse die is from Arles, and I'd seen it on this coin in the Nummus database, referernced to Ferrando.
It's not just a plate mix up in Maurice, since he also refers to this Licinius/Adventus type in the text.
Now I'm wondering had he really seen a Licinius/Adventus (a mule perhaps), or was it all due to mixing up his plaster casts.
Post by: Victor on August 05, 2021, 09:51:40 PM
That's an interesting mistake. I have Maurice and it looks nice on my shelf; but I have almost never looked in it.
Post by: Heliodromus on August 06, 2021, 08:51:24 AM
I'm just using the Hathitrust scans. For anyone else interested, they have all three volumes available here:
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001597013
Here's a few more:
Licinius Profectio Avgg aureus, from Paris. This is why I went looking at Maurice in the first place. RIC suggests the occasion as being Licinius's departure for Milan in 313 AD (to rendezvous with Constantine who departed from Italy = AVGG).
Gloria Romanorvm medallion, from Paris.
Crispus Siscia anepigraphic. Maurice only cites Voetter; RIC only knows of specimen in Vienna.
Contantine "chi-rho" from Ticinum. Probably a mule - I've never seen another.
Post by: romeman on October 05, 2021, 03:50:27 PM
Post by: romeman on October 05, 2021, 04:06:54 PM
Post by: Heliodromus on October 05, 2021, 05:03:51 PM
Thanks, Lars.
Ben