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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2748 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: AD 312-313 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.25 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 359. Presented by Earle Fox, 1921. |
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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., holding head of Serapis, wearing modius, in r. and cornucopia in l.; branch at feet, to l., * N [laurel wreath] A in field, to top l., mid l., bottom r. and mid r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C LIC LICINNIVS P F ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO AVCVSTI• (The Genius of the Emperor as Commander in Chief). In Exergue: ALE Bibliography: RIC VI 162A Notes: Traces of silvering on reverse. According to RIC, the ALE in the exergue of the reverse and * N [laurel wreath] A (anticlockwise) are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Licinius I Roman c.263 325 | |
| Alexandria | |
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