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ID number: BIRBI-R2833 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Licinius II; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.57 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1379. W. S. Lincoln, 1935. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius II, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines, with captive sat either side on ground; * in field, to top l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: LICINIVS IVN NOB C (Licinius the Younger, Noble Caesar). Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCIT (To the Courage of the Army). In Exergue: STR
Bibliography: RIC VII 256
Notes: According to RIC, the STR in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Treveri.
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