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ID number: BIRBI-R2855 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Heraclea Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi Culture: Roman Date made: 317 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.24 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1594. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped, holding mappa in r. and globe and sceptre in l., facing l. Reverse: Camp gate with three turrets, no doors.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP LICI-NIVS AVC (Imperator Licinius Augustus). Reverse: DROVIDEN-TIHE HVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: MNTΔ
Bibliography: RIC VII 17
Notes: According to RIC, the M[H]TA in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Heraclea.
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