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ID number: BIRBI-R2838 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: 318 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3713. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked (spread behind) and radiate, standing facing l., holding thunderbolt in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: VAL LICINIVS NOB CAES (Valerius Licinius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: IOVI CONSER-VATORI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: T*̮Δ
Bibliography: RIC VII 160
Notes: According to RIC, the T*̮[A] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Arelate.
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