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ID number:  BIRBI-R2842
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Licinius I; Rome
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  314
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  2.85
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1597. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; A F in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMD LICINIVS P F HIIC (Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [of the Emperor]). In Exergue: A*Q

Bibliography:  RIC VII 23

Notes:  According to RIC, the [R]*Q in the exergue of the reverse and [R] F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Rome.

3 Related People

Licinius I
Roman
c.263
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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