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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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