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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2739 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; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: AD 308-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.19 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 351. 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., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l.; * Γ in field, to l. and r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: VHL.LICINIVS P F HVG (Valerius Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO H-VGSTI (The Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: •SM•TS• Bibliography: RIC VI 30B Notes: According to RIC, the •SM•TS• in the exergue of the reverse and * Γ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Thessalonica. |
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5 Related People | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Thessalonica | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Crete Hoard | |
| Earle Fox, H. B. British 1863 21 March 1920 | |
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