v32_0577 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 7e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bombé, large et complet des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Très joli revers. Patine marron foncé lissée
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 Valerius Licinianus Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO AV-GVSTI CMH/ -|Z// SMK.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, coiffé du modius, 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 Augusti”, (Au Génie de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3.
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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