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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