brm_353833 - LICINIUS I Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan épais, parfaitement centré. Portrait remarquable et très beau revers ! Patine gris foncé aux reflets métalliques
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LIC-INIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (C).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ S|F// AQS.
Reverse description : Labarum inscrit VOT/XX en deux lignes entre deux captifs assis dos à dos.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus”, (La Virilité de l’armée).
Commentary
Poids très lourd.
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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