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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.
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