brm_596906 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315-316
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,01 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Licinius pieux Hheureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INV-IC-TO COMITI/ T/*|F// PARL.
Reverse description : Sol radié, nu, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, debout à droite la tête à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Césure de légende de revers très inhabituelle/Le revers se rencontre pour Constantin Ier AMSC. 310 (4 ex.). Un seul exemplaire recensé dans le mémoire d’A.-M. Schmitt-Cadet. C’est le second exemplaire signalé, le seul en mains privées !.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Fine pteryges under the paludamentum. Very unusual reverse legend hyphenation/The reverse is found for Constantine I AMSC. 310 (4 copies). A single example listed in the memoir of A.-M. Schmitt-Cadet. This is the second example reported, the only one in private hands!
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Fine pteryges under the paludamentum. Very unusual reverse legend hyphenation/The reverse is found for Constantine I AMSC. 310 (4 copies). A single example listed in the memoir of A.-M. Schmitt-Cadet. This is the second example reported, the only one in private hands!
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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