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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2737
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Licinius; Siscia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 309-310
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.40
Weight (g):  6.54
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1027. Ex R. G. Peckitt Collection, 1928.
BIRBI-R2737.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Licinius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; ᴗ B in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVC (Imperator Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO ΠVGVSTI (The Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: SIS

Bibliography:  RIC VI 198B or 207B

Notes:  Slight double striking on reverse. According to RIC, the SIS in the exergue of the reverse and ᴗ B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Siscia.

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