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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2849
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Licinius I; Siscia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  313-315
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  3.94
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 2850. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. 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 E in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG (Imperator Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-SERVATUHI (To the Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: SIS

Bibliography:  RIC VII 8

Notes:  According to RIC, the SIS in the exergue of the reverse and E in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Siscia.

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