Live auction - brm_848508 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 87 € |
| Maximum bid : | 87 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 15:49:53 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315-316
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,61 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Buste finement détaillé. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ T|F// BTR.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche tourelé, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines. Les lettres T|F pourraient être les intiales de “Temporum Felicitas” (les Temps heureux). C’est l’une des dernières utilisations tardives du type GENIO POP ROM qui disparaît ensuite définitivement du monnayage.
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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