brm_596814 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 315-316
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,95 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et mince bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé et sable
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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 IN-VI-CTO COMITI/ T/*|F// PARL.
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 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. P. Ferrando a recensé 21 exemplaires dont onze en musées. Cet exemplaire est illustré dans le mémoire d’A.-M. Schmitt-Cadet.
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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