Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2850
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Licinius I; Siscia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  313-315
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  3.52
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 1030. Ex R. G. Peckitt Collection, 1928.
BIRBI-R2850.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.; eagle holding wreath in beak at feet, to l., and Γ in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP̱ LIC LICINIVS P F HVC (Imperator Licinianus Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: LOVI CON-SERVHTOPI (To the Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: SIS

Bibliography:  RIC VII 9

Notes:  According to RIC, the SIS in the exergue of the reverse and Γ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Siscia.

3 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Licinius I
Roman
c.263
325
Siscia
Roman


Viewing Record 1 of 1