v13_1126 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
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Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 318
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Officine: 4e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait de qualité extraordinaire avec une patine grise à reflets métalliques. Infime petite faiblesse de frappe au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICI-NIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré consulaire de Licinius Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts à gauche, tenant un sceptre et un globe de la main gauche et la mappa de la main droite (H*23).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG/ -|D// SMK.
Reverse description : Jupiter nicéphore nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Jovi Conservatori Augustorum”, (À Jupiter protecteur des augustes).
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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