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ID number: BIRBI-R2736 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 312-313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.74 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1599. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing r., holding reversed spear in r. and leaning on shield with l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP LICINIVS P F AVC (Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MARTI CON-SERVETORI (Mars, the Protector). In Exergue: □T
Bibliography: RIC VI 123B
Notes: According to RIC, the [S]T in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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