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Live auction - brm_479181 - LICINIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus

LICINIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus AU/XF
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Estimate : 350 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 10 April 2018 15:23:37
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,09 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau buste particulier de Licinius II. Frappe molle au revers. Patine verte avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P

Obverse


Obverse legend : LICINIVS IVN NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Licinius II à gauche, avec cuirasse, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite, la main gauche tendue (I*8).
Obverse translation : “Licinius Iunior Nobilissimus Caesar”, (Licinius le jeune très noble césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT / VOT/XX/ S|F // AQS .
Reverse description : Étendard avec deux captifs assis dos à dos.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exerciti/ Vota/ vicennalia”, (La Virilité de l’Armée/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).

Commentary


Variante de légende de droit non recensée pour l’officine. Les chiffres ne sont pas visibles sur l’étendard, mais s’adressent plutôt à Licinius Ier.

Historical background


LICINIUS II

(1/04/317-09/324)

Caesar

Licinius II, son of Licinius I and Constantia, nephew of Constantine I, was raised to the caesarat on March 1, 317, at the same time as his cousins Crispus and Constantine II. After his father's defeat in 324, he survives, but suffocates to death two years later.

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