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v36_0840 - LICINIUS I Centenionalis ou nummus

LICINIUS I Centenionalis ou nummus AU
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Vénétie et Istrie, Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,64 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel avec le chrisme dans le champ. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP LIC-INIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé à droite avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ (CHRISME)|-// 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 léger. Casque à plumet. Casque et visière lisses. Cuirasse lisse. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Une des premières apparitions du chrisme dans le monnayage de bronze. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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