brm_354806 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315-316
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,19 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
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 avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI// QARL.
Reverse description : Sol radié, nu, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule gauche, debout à gauche, la tête tournée à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto Comiti”, (Au compagnon le Soleil invincible).
Commentary
Type rare avec seulement 5 exemplaires signalés dans l’ouvrage de Philippe Ferrando dont 4 en musées ! Type que nous présentons pour la première fois à la vente.
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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