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ID number: BIRBI-R2856 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Licinius II; Heraclea Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi Culture: Roman Date made: 318-320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.41 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1604. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius II, wearing laurel wreath, draped, holding mappa in r. and globe and sceptre in l., facing l. Reverse: Camp gate with three turrets, no doors; • in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C (Our Lord Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIAE CHESS (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: SMHΔ
Bibliography: RIC VII 31
Notes: According to RIC, the SMHΔ in the exergue of the reverse and • in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Heraclea.
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