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ID number: BIRBI-R2836 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 316 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1596. A. H. Baldwin, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; T * F in field, to mid l., bottom l. and bottom r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP LICINIVS P F AVC (Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [To the Emperor]). In Exergue: PARL
Bibliography: RIC VII 87
Notes: According to RIC, the PARL in the exergue of the reverse and T * F (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Arelate.
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