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ID number: BIRBI-R2849 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 313-315 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 3.94 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 2850. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.; eagle holding wreath in beak at feet, to l., and E in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG (Imperator Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-SERVATUHI (To the Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: SIS
Bibliography: RIC VII 8
Notes: According to RIC, the SIS in the exergue of the reverse and E in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Siscia.
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