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brm_1112076 - LICINIUS I Centenionalis ou nummus

LICINIUS I Centenionalis ou nummus XF/AU
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, un peu court et centré. Patine foncée

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP LICI-NIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Licinius Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ S|F// AQS.
Reverse description : Labarum inscrit VOT/X en deux lignes entre deux captifs assis dos à dos.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus/ Votis decennalibus/ Sæculi Felicitas”, (La Virilité de l’armée/Vœux pour le dixième anniversaire/ Le bonheur du siècle).

Commentary


Type inhabituel. Sur notre exemplaire, le portrait de Licinius est très proche de ceux de la deuxième émission du type VIRTVS EXERCIT avec VOT/XX (Bikic-Do, pl. XIV, n° 111/119). Il se pourrait, à la vue du petit nombre d’exemplaires recensés pour la première émission que le type de Licinius soit en fait un hybride associant un auguste à un revers réservé aux Césars. Au revers, la hampe de l’étendard semble surmontée par une croisette (exemple Bikic-Do, pl. XIV, n° 4/8).
Unusual type. On our example, the portrait of Licinius is very similar to those of the second issue of the VIRTVS EXERCIT type with VOT/XX (Bikic-Do, pl. XIV, nos. 111/119). Given the small number of known examples of the first issue, it is possible that the Licinius type is actually a hybrid combining an Augustus with a reverse reserved for Caesars. On the reverse, the standard's staff appears to be surmounted by a small cross (example: Bikic-Do, pl. XIV, nos. 4/8).

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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