E-auction 183-115265 - brm_409195 - LICINIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 41 € |
| Maximum bid : | 42 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 October 2016 14:32:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec un droit de qualité exceptionnelle ! Buste d’une rare beauté et d’une grande finesse. Petite faiblesse au revers. Magnifique patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et consulaire de Licinius II à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un globe et un sceptre de la main gauche et la mappa de la main droite (H*23).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valerius Licinianus Licinius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Notre seigneur Valère Licinianus Licinius très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSER-VATORI CAESS/ -|Z// SMANT.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout de face, la chlamyde sur l'épaule gauche tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un captif parthe agenouillé, les mains attachées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori Cæsarum”, (À Jupiter protecteur des césars).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Beau buste richement ornementé.
Historical background
LICINIUS II
(1/04/317-09/324)
Caesar
Licinius II, son of Licinius I and Constantia, nephew of Constantine I, was raised to the caesarat on March 1, 317, at the same time as his cousins Crispus and Constantine II. After his father's defeat in 324, he survives, but suffocates to death two years later.
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