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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2874 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.; Crete Hoard Maker: Licinius I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 315 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.89 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 357. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - from a hoard found in Crete. |
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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 N Δ [laurel wreath] in field, to r. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Valerius Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONSER-VATORI HVCC (To Jupiter, the Defender of the Emperors) In Exergue: ΔLE Bibliography: RIC VII 10 Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and N [A] [laurel wreath] (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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5 Related People | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Alexandria | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Crete Hoard | |
| Earle Fox, H. B. British 1863 21 March 1920 | |
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