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ID number: BIRBI-R2857 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: 318-320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.03 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3677. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, holding mappa in r. and globe and sceptre in l., facing r. Reverse: Camp gate with three turrets, no doors; Δ in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IVP LICI-SIVS AVG (Imperator Licinius Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE AYGG (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: SMHA
Bibliography: RIC VII 49 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the SMHA in the exergue of the reverse and Δ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Heraclea. As opposed to the type in RIC, the obverse figure is cuirassed.
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