v13_1128 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
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Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315
Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine marron. Joli revers sur un flan complet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Licinius Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Valerius Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Valère Licinianus Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSER-VATORI AVGG/ -|A/N// ALE.
Reverse description : Jupiter debout à gauche, lauré, la chlamyde sur l'épaule gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un aigle debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, tenant dans son bec une couronne ; en haut dans le champ à droite, une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Jovi Conservatori Augustorum”, (À Jupiter protecteur des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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