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ID number: BIRBI-R2853 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: 320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.91 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1601. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CICINIVS IVN NOB CAES (Licinius the Younger, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM VOT.V (Our Caesars, Prayers for Five Years of Rule). In Exergue: TSEVI
Bibliography: RIC VII 93
Notes: According to RIC, the TSEVI in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica.
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