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ID number:  BIRBI-R2738
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Licinius; Siscia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 312
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.60
Weight (g):  5.63
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1028. Ex R. G. Peckitt Collection, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Licinius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding thunderbolt in r. and sceptre in l.; [laurel wreath] A in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVC (Imperator Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CO-NS-E-RVATORI (Jupiter, the Protector). In Exergue: SIS

Bibliography:  RIC VI 227A var.

Notes:  According to RIC, the SIS in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Siscia. As opposed to the type in RIC, this coin does not have an eagle on the reverse at the feet of Jupiter.

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