v21_3542 - LICINIUS I Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 600.00 €
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Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 600.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-320
Mint name / Town : Europe, Héraclée (Heraclea)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,22 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Buste magnifique et inhabituel. Belle patine grise avec des reflets métalliques. Revers magnifique
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICI-NIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré consulaire de Licinius Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant la mappa de la main droite et un globe de la gauche, un sceptre sur l’épaule (H*24).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Licinius Augustus", (L'empereur Licinius auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG/ -|(LAMBDA)// SMHB.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de trois tourelles.
Reverse translation : “Providentiæ Augustorum”, (À la Providence des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié pour le buste combiné avec l'officine. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. C’est néanmoins le deuxième exemplaire signalé.
Lightweight. Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted for the bust combined with the workshop. Missing from all consulted works. This is, however, the second reported example.
Lightweight. Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted for the bust combined with the workshop. Missing from all consulted works. This is, however, the second reported example.
Historical background
LICINIUS I
(11/11/308-09/324)
Licinius I was proclaimed august directly following the conference of Carnuntum, on November 11, 308. In 313, after the rescript of Milan, he married Constantine's half-sister, Constantia. In 316 a first war took place between Licinius and Constantine. It ends with the death of Valens and the signing of a peace between the two augusts. On April 1, 317, three Caesars were created: Crispus, Constantine II and Licinius II. A second war broke out between Constantine and Licinius in 321. It ended with the decisive defeat of Chrysopolis in 324 and the deposition of Licinius, exiled to Thessalonica before being executed the following year..
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