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ID number: BIRBI-R2879 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Licinius II; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 317-320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.22 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3048. Seaby, 1955. |
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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: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.; ᴗ B in field, to r. and l. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C (Our Lord Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: IOVI CONSER-VATORI GAESS (To Jupiter, the Defender of the Caesars). In Exergue: SMAL
Bibliography: RIC VII 25
Notes: According to RIC, the SMAL in the exergue of the reverse and ᴗ B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria.
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