brm_597970 - LICINIUS I and LICINIUS II Follis

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Type : Follis

Date: 318

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : copper

Diameter : 23,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,95 g.

Rarity : R3

Officine: 5e

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Métal piqué. Usure importante mais monnaie bien lisible et identifiable. Patine cuivrée

Catalogue references :

C.3 (50f.) - RIC.50 var. - RCV.15386 (1500$)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection du docteur C.M

Obverse

Obverse legend : DD NN IOVII LICINII INVICT AVG ET CAES.

Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Licinius Ier à gauche et de Licinius II à droite, tenant un trophée.

Obverse translation : “Dominorum Nostrorum Iovi LiciniI Invicti Augusti et Cæsari”, (À nos seigneurs Joviens Liciniens invincibles auguste et césar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : IOM ET VIRTVTI DD NN AVG ET CAES// -|-// SMATE.

Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; devant lui un trophée d’armes ; de chaque côté un captif assis dos à dos.

Reverse translation : “Iovi Optimo Principi Virtuti Dominorum Nostrorum Augusti t Cæsari”, (À Juptier, le meilleur très grand, la virilité de nos seigneurs Auguste et César.

Historical background

LICINIUS I and LICINIUS II

(317-324)

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 which opposed Licinius to 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. This ended with the decisive defeat of Chrysopolis in 324 and the deposition of Licinius, exiled to Thessalonica before being executed the following year. Licinius II, son of Licinius I and Constantia and nephew of Constantine I, was raised to the caesarat on March 1, 317 along with his cousins Crispus and Constantine II. After his father's defeat in 324, he survives, but is suffocated two years later.