brm_608714 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Ostie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure superficielle. Belle patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
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 P-OP ROM/ |-|-// MOSTQ.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout de face tourné à gauche coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche et sacrifiant au-dessus d’un trépied.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges fines. Trace de frappe incuse au revers. Début de cassure de coin visible devant le visage du Génie. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Studded shoulder pad. Fine pteryga. Incuse strike mark on the reverse. Start of corner break visible in front of the Genie's face. This type seems rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we are offering it for sale.
Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Studded shoulder pad. Fine pteryga. Incuse strike mark on the reverse. Start of corner break visible in front of the Genie's face. This type seems rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we are offering it for sale.
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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