brm_685178 - LICINIUS I Centenionalis
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Type : Centenionalis
Date: 320-321
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très joli portraits. Agréable patine marron-gris
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICI-NIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Licinius Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Augustus”, (Empereur Licinius Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D N LICINI INVICT AVG // TT.
Reverse description : Couronne de laurier au centre de laquelle est inscrit VOT/ XX.
Reverse translation : “Domini Nostri Licini Invicti Augusti/ Vota Vicennalia”, (À notre Seigneur Licinius l’invincible Auguste/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
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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