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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2854
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Licinius I; Heraclea
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  316-317
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  2.97
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 1376. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, holding mappa in r. and globe and sceptre in l., facing l. Reverse: Camp gate with three turrets, no doors.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP LICI-NIVS HVC (Imperator Licinius Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE HVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: HTΓ

Bibliography:  RIC VII 15 var.

Notes:  According to RIC, the HTΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Heraclea. As opposed to the type in RIC, the obverse figure is cuirassed.

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