brm_596785 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 314-315
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,97 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, bien centré à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
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 Hheureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI/ T/*|F// SARL.
Reverse description : Sol radié, nu, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, debout à droite la tête 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
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Le seul exemplaire recensé est cité et illustré dans le mémoire d’A-M Schmitt-Cadet. C’est le deuxième exemplaire recensé.
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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