brm_1132158 - LICINIUS I Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,83 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Buste agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LI-CINIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé à droite avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ (CHRISME)|-// AQS.
Reverse description : Labarum inscrit VOT/XX en deux lignes entre deux captifs assis dos à dos ; chrisme dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus”, (La Virilité de l’armée).
Commentary
Une des premières apparitions du chrisme dans le monnayage de bronze. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
One of the earliest appearances of the Chi-Rho monogram on bronze coinage. It appears to be much rarer than general works suggest.
One of the earliest appearances of the Chi-Rho monogram on bronze coinage. It appears to be much rarer than general works suggest.
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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