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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2741 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard Maker: Licinius; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Roman Date made: AD 310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.77 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 356. 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, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C VHL LICIN LICINIVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Valerius Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO HV-CVSTI CMH[ligatured] (The Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: SMNE Bibliography: RIC VI 66B Notes: According to RIC, the SMNE in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Nikomedia. The ligatured mark at the end of the reverse legend is arguably a value mark: Hendy 'Studies' 1985, 463. |
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4 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Crete Hoard | |
| Nikomedia Roman; Byzantine | |
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