E-auction 91-46721 - brm_273005 - LICINIUS II Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 27 € |
| Maximum bid : | 35 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 January 2015 15:43:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 317
Mint name / Town : Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel de Licinius II. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine grise avec reflets métalliques. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Licinius II à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant la mappa (B*17v.).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Valerius Licinianus Licinius Nobilissimus cæsar" (Notre seigneur Valère Licinianus Licinius très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS// MHT.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de trois tours.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : "Providentia Cæsarum" (À la Providence des césars).
Commentary
Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Buste particulier. Six rangs verticaux de pierres.
With all of its surface silvering. Distinctive bust. Six vertical rows of stones
With all of its surface silvering. Distinctive bust. Six vertical rows of stones
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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