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ID number:  BIRBI-R2731
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard
Maker:  Licinius; Londinium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 310-312
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.40
Weight (g):  4.00
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 614. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - found in hoard in Crete.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Licinius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, covering l. shoulder and loins, head towered, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; * in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP LICINIVS P F ΛVC (Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GbNIO POP ROM (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: □LN

Bibliography:  RIC VI 209C

Notes:  According to RIC, the [P]LN in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Londinium.

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