brm_607105 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 312-313
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,21 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Très belle patine vert olive foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LIC 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 Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Licinianus Licinius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN// .TS.(GAMMA)..
Reverse description : Jupiter nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche ; à ses pieds, à gauche, un aigle tenant une couronne dans le bec.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori Augustorum Nostrorum”, (À Jupiter conservateur de nos augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum.
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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