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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2860 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Licinius II; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Roman Date made: 317-320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.15 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3676. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.; branch on ground, to l., and Δ • in field, to r. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VHL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C (Our Lord Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE CHESS (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: SHN Bibliography: RIC VII 34 Notes: According to RIC, the S[M]N in the exergue of the reverse and Δ • in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Nikomedia. |
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4 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Nikomedia Roman; Byzantine | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Licinius II Roman 315 326 | |
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