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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2869 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: 321-324 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.96 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3518. Presented G. Fallani, 58A Via del Babuino, Rome, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius II, wearing helmet, cuirassed, holding spear in r. and shield in l., facing l. 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 captive at feet, to r.; [laurel wreath] IIΓ X in field, to l., mid r. and top r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VHL LICIN LICISIVS NOB C (Our Lord Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: IOVI CONS-ERVHTOBI (To Jupiter, the Defender) In Exergue: SMHR Bibliography: RIC VII 18 var. Notes: According to RIC, the SM[KA] in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] IIΓ X in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos. This coin features a variant on the mintmark as found in RIC. |
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4 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Licinius II Roman 315 326 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
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