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| Starting price : | 150 € |
| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 17 December 2024 14:37:02 |
Type : Pseudo-argenteus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Licinius. Très beau revers de haut relief inhabituel. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection F. de La Viuda
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICINI-VS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la gauche (F*20).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Licinius Augustus", (L’empereur Licinius auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI C-ONSER-VATORI AV-G/ -|-// PTR.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu, assis sur un aigle tourné à droite, les ailes déployées, détournant la tête à droite. Il tient de la main droite un foudre et de la gauche un long sceptre transversal.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori Augusti”, (À Jupiter protecteur de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines et tombantes. Plutôt que la mappa, Licinius tient le foudre qui l’assimile à Jupiter et complète la lecture du revers. Césure de légende de revers inhabituelle.
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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