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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2744
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard
Maker:  Licinius; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 311
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  6.09
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 358. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - From a hoard found in Crete.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Licinius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: VHL LICINNIHNVS LICINNIVS P F HVG (Valerius Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO HV-C-VSTI CMH[ligatured] (The Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: MKVΓ

Bibliography:  RIC VI 76

Notes:  According to RIC, the MKVΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos. The ligatured mark at the end of the reverse legend is arguably a value mark: Hendy 'Studies' 1985, 463.

4 Related People

Crete Hoard



Licinius I
Roman
c.263
325
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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