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ID number: BIRBI-R2846 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.03 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1592. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two Victories, draped and winged, standing facing each other, holding shield, inscribed with VOT PR, on altar, inscribed C.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP LICI-NIVS D F HVC (Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIHE LHETAE FRINC PERP (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: ST
Bibliography: RIC VII 92
Notes: According to RIC, the ST in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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