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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2742 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: AD 309-311 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 6.39 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2951. Ex Duke of Argyll Collection, Spink, 1953. |
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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.; A in field, to l. Inscriptions: Obverse: VHL LICINNIHNVS LICINNIVS D F HVG (Valerius Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GENIO H-VCVSTI (The Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: MKV Bibliography: RIC VI 54 or 66 Notes: According to RIC, the MKV in the exergue of the reverse and the A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Kyzikos. As opposed to the types in RIC, this coin does not have a mintmark in the r. of the field. |
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3 Related People | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
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