v13_1122 - LICINIUS I Pseudo-argenteus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
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Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
unsold lot
Type : Pseudo-argenteus
Date: 319
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 100 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement taché. Patine vert olive foncé avec des reflets gris métalliques. Légèrement corrodé sur le portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LICI-NIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Licinius Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Licinius Augustus" (L'empereur Licinius auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG// TARL.
Reverse description : Jupiter assis de face sur un aigle debout à gauche, prenant son envol. Jupiter est nu et tient un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Jovi Conservatori Augusti”, (À Jupiter protecteur de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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