E-auction 129-69959 - brm_245910 - LICINIUS II Follis ou nummus

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Estimate :	30 €
Price :	7 €
Maximum bid :	8 €
End of the sale :	05 October 2015 14:30:30
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 317-320

Mint name / Town : Nicomedia

Metal : copper

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,64 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 4e

Catalogue references :

C. (R) - RIC.34

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valerius Licinianus Licinius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Notre seigneur Valère Licinianus Licinius très noble césar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : IOVI CONS-ERVATORI CAESS/ (PALME)|°/(DELTA)//SMN.

Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout de face, la chlamyde sur l'épaule gauche tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; à gauche, une palme.

Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori Cæsarum”, (À Jupiter conservateur des Césars).

Commentary

Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum.
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. Pteryges barely visible under the paludamentum