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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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