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ID number: BIRBI-R2744 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard Maker: Licinius; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: AD 311 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 6.09 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 358. 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, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: VHL LICINNIHNVS LICINNIVS P F HVG (Valerius Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO HV-C-VSTI CMH[ligatured] (The Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: MKVΓ
Bibliography: RIC VI 76
Notes: According to RIC, the MKVΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos. The ligatured mark at the end of the reverse legend is arguably a value mark: Hendy 'Studies' 1985, 463.
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