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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2863 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Licinius II; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 317-320 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1380. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius II, wearing laurel wreath, draped, holding mappa in r. and globe and sceptre in l., facing l. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.; [laurel wreath] Z in field, to l. and r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VHL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C (Our Lord Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: IOVI CONSER-VHTORI CHESS (To Jupiter, the Defender of the Caesars). In Exergue: SNK Bibliography: RIC VII 11 Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the S[M]K in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] Γ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos. |
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4 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Licinius II Roman 315 326 | |
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