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ID number: BIRBI-R2837 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Licinius II; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 317 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.58 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1605. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., holding thunderbolt in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.; R S in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: VAL LICINIVS NOb CΔES (Valerius Licinius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: IOVI CON-S-ERVATORI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: TARL
Bibliography: RIC VII 126
Notes: According to RIC, the TARL in the exergue of the reverse and R S in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Arelate.
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