brm_597012 - LICINIUS I Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 316-317
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,39 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Licinius Ier
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICINIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite, drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Licinius pieux Hheureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLI INVI-CTO COMITI/ C|S// 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 lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines. Césure de légende de revers inhabituelle. P. Ferrando a recensé 1 unique exemplaire en collection privée et A.-M. Schmitt-Cadet celui du trésor de Chitry (n° 2354); C’est donc le troisième 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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