brm_418886 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316-317
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,37 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Licinius. Revers finement détaillé de haut relief. Patine marron foncé . Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ T|F// BTR.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche tourelé, 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
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lisse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges. Les lettres T|F pourraient être les intiales de “Temporum Felicitas” (les Temps heureux). C’est l’une des dernières utilisations tardives du type GENIO POP ROM qui disparaît ensuite définitivement du monnayage.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth cuirass and studded shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. The letters T|F could be the initials of “Temporum Felicitas” (Happy Times). This is one of the last late uses of the GENIO POP ROM type, which then disappeared definitively from coinage.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth cuirass and studded shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. The letters T|F could be the initials of “Temporum Felicitas” (Happy Times). This is one of the last late uses of the GENIO POP ROM type, which then disappeared definitively from coinage.
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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