brm_608712 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312-313
Mint name / Town : Ostie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Licinius à l’usure régulière. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI// MOSTQ.
Reverse description : Aigle légionnaire “aquilla” à gauche entre deux enseignes “vexilla”.
Reverse translation : “Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Optimo Principi”, (Le Sénat et le peuple romain au meilleur des Princes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Les pièces de Licinius Ier sont beaucoup plus rares pour l’atelier d’Ostie.
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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