Live auction - brm_605154 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus

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AU/MS

Estimate :	350 €
Price :	160 €
Maximum bid :	180 €
End of the sale :	14 May 2024 14:40:14
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 315

Mint name / Town : Lyon

Metal : copper

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,83 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe Génie au revers, de haut relief. Joli buste. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.598 - RIC.48 (R4) - C.- - B. supp1/- - B. supp 2/-

Predigree :

Exemplaire n° 2080 du trésor de Chitry

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Licinius Ier, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Licinius pieux heurux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ TF|*// PLG.

Reverse description : Genius (Génie) debout à gauche, coiffé du modius, le Génie porte l’himation, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Le Génie du Peuple romain).