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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 165 € |
| Maximum bid : | 176 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 October 2018 15:06:07 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,93,255 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan parfaitement centré. Beau buste de Licinius II. Revers inhabituel. Belle patine marron foncé avec des reflets métalliques. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur S
Obverse
Obverse legend : LICINIVS IVN NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Licinius II à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B).
Obverse translation : “Licinius Iunior Nobilissimo Caesar”, (Licinius Jeune très Noble César).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMAE A-ETERNAE/ P|R// RP.
Reverse description : Rome casquée, drapée, assise à droite sur un bouclier, inscrivant X/V de la main droite sur un bouclier placé sur ses genoux.
Reverse translation : “Romae Aeternae”, (À Rome Éternelle).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum.
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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