Licinius (308 - 324)
    Obverse legend crude and garbeled, with hints of letters in a typical Licinius legend.
    K and eagle with wreath in beak in field left,
    wreath/X/delta? in field right. Mint mark has, possibly, an "NVI"?
    Ugly gray base metal 22mm (distinctly larger than the prototype). 11:30.  3.43 grams
    Prototype: RIC Alexandria 17 "AD 316-317".  There are no similar minkmarks at Antioch, Cyzicus, Nicomedia, or Heraclea.

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