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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2747 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; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: AD 312-313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 5.80 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 360. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - From a hoard found in Crete. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding head of Serapis, wearing modius, in r. and cornucopia in l.; branch at feet, to l., * N A in field, to top l., mid l. and mid r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C LIC LICINNIVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO ΛVCVSTI• (The Genius of the Emperor as Commander in Chief). In Exergue: ALE Bibliography: RIC VI 160A Notes: According to RIC, the ALE in the exergue of the reverse and * N A (anticlockwise) are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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| Crete Hoard | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Alexandria | |
| Earle Fox, H. B. British 1863 21 March 1920 | |
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