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ID number: BIRBI-R2852 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Licinius II; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 318-319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.49 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 166. W. H. Valentine, 1917. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing l. Reverse: Inscription in three lines, encircled by laurel wreath, with mintmark included.
Inscriptions: Obverse: LICIMIV6 IVN HOB CRTS (Licinius the Younger, Noble Caesar). Reverse: VOT.V.MULT.X.CHESS (Prayers for Five Years of Rule [as Caesar], More for his [Hoped for] Tenth Anniversary). In Exergue: TS.E.
Bibliography: RIC VII 42
Notes: According to RIC, the TS.E. in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica. No exergual line.
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