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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313-314
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,42 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ S|F// PLN.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, tourelé, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, 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
Selon certains auteurs les lettres S et F accostant le Génie au revers seraient les initiales des mots “Sæculi Felicitas”, (la Félicité du siècle).
According to some authors, the letters S and F next to the Genie on the reverse are the initials of the words “Sæculi Felicitas” (the Happiness of the Century).
According to some authors, the letters S and F next to the Genie on the reverse are the initials of the words “Sæculi Felicitas” (the Happiness of the Century).
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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