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brm_489710 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus

LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus MS/AU
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313-314
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,90 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Patine grise. Superbe buste de Licinius ainsi qu’un très joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire n°853 du trésor de Chitry

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ S|F// PLN.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, tourelé, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, le manteau sur l’épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du peuple romain).

Commentary


Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Selon certains auteurs les lettres S et F accostant le Génie au revers seraient les initiales des mots “Sæculi Felicitas”, (la Félicité du siècle).

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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