brm_597321 - LICINIUS II Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 317-318
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Beau buste de Licinius II. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : VAL LICINIVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Licinius II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A*01).
Obverse translation : "Valerius Licinius Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Valère Licinius très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CON-S-ERVATORI/ R|S// TARL.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, la chlamyde sur l'épaule gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter conservateur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. P. Ferrando a recensé 11 exemplaire dont 5 en musées.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons. P. Ferrando identified 11 examples including 5 in museums
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons. P. Ferrando identified 11 examples including 5 in museums
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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