Live auction - brm_1141509 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 115 € |
| Maximum bid : | 183 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 July 2026 15:40:35 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312-313
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie frappée sur flan centré. Revers très bien venu. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite avec l’égide sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*02).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRI-TAS AVGG/ *|-// PLN.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) drapée debout à gauche, les jambes croisées, portant sa main droite au-dessus de sa tête et s’appuyant de son bras gauche sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Augustorum”, (La Sécurité des augustes).
Commentary
Portrait tout à fait inhabituel de Licinius Ier (sous les traits de Constantin Ier barbu). Revers peu courant dans le monnayage constantinien.
A highly unusual portrait of Licinius I (depicted as a bearded Constantine I). The reverse is uncommon in Constantinian coinage.
A highly unusual portrait of Licinius I (depicted as a bearded Constantine I). The reverse is uncommon in Constantinian 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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