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ID number: BIRBI-R2835 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 320-321 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.68 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 329. W. S. Lincoln, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Trophy with captive sat either side on ground; T F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP LICI-NIVS HVC (Imperator Licinius Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCIT (To the Courage of the Army). In Exergue: STR
Bibliography: RIC VII 283
Notes: According to RIC, the STR in the exergue of the reverse and T F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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